Subversive electronic dance music might be termed as ‘clever’ or even ‘ingenious’ but the latest girl’s voice to grace mixing desks is that of Frances Noon and I happen to think that she is a dangerous little demon. Sounding as sweetly engaging on ‘Where We Are’ the group’s debut album, as any pop princess pretender might wish to, with her catchy lyrical licks and little girl lost apologetic vocalising, listen more carefully and you will hear no less than dystopian denigration, which is about as far removed from what appears to be a pop-worthy dalliance. Is this just lies, a deceit for the dance floor or is there a deeper message at its core?

The exceedingly catchy electronic backdrop provided by Lazlo Legezar pursues a number of trip-hop, hip-hop and dub influences, taking in traditional drum and bass en route to an acidic and surprisingly vitriolic outcome. Track 1, ‘Superpowers’, is all saccharine-sweet, with a message of sticking your finger up at society and any controlling influences. The second track, ‘Sick Couple’ offers a bouncy, if slightly off-beat chorus line, as it tells the tale of a very poorly pair of 80 year olds.

A number of the tracks are in a minor key, which affords them a mildly disturbing and sinister nature and, yes, you do have to listen carefully to hear the actual lyrics but the occasional foray into sheer nastiness should highlight the truly subversive nature of these innocent little ditties. Naturally song-writers are at liberty to describe whatever they wish to make as central to their message but I shall admit to finding My Toys Like Me as more than a little strange.

Take the final track on the debut album, which is a reskinning of Van Morrison’s ‘The Way Young Lovers Do’. While there are some similarities in the words, the song could not be as far removed from the original as this one is. I am 100% certain that Ms Noon will establish a place for herself, perhaps even in the mainstream, but it will be a mistake. Nocturnal dance and dub-disco venues may delight to this intriguingly ecstatic alternative sound. It is fascinating and mildly worrying in equal measure.