Bruised gums and grinding teeth behind a lens of CRT distortion is a succinct warning that this EP bites. Once again utilising Basque conceptual artist Pepo Salazar Lacruz’s striking conceptual artwork, Valencian experimental duo Carvento Felana take a step forward away from their self-titled LP’s dashes of ‘zolo’ surrealism with a coarser spike of electro-punk grit.

Malduvo sees actress and playwright María Salguero take on vocal duties over former singer Paco Caballer, with Betunizer member and Discos Mascarpone founder José Guerrero still helming the electronics. Salguero’s panicked vocals heighten the urgency against the drum-machine attack on EP opener ‘El Día que me Hierve la Sangre’ muffled bass throbs and jabbing cowbell twist together like a nightmarish Crash Bandicoot boss level. ‘Moscas Blancas’ drenches the EBM fancy with a slick coating of Residents’ Freakshow MIDI crunch while also borrowing the bruising presets of Chicago Research’s Club Music, Salguero’s warped incantations and Guerrero’s punishing kineticism creating a trip both caustic and trance-like.

EP closer ‘El Banquete Empieza Contigo’ (Spanish for “the banquet starts with you”) concludes things as it started: namely nervous post-punk at Suicide’s most brittle with an extra clang metallic cage-rattling smothering Salguero’s theatrical yelps. Hinting at a future compilation of further EPS, Malduvo is a fantastic first entry that industrial menace with playful absurdity.