Siren Section just detonated their most explosive track yet with “Glass Cannon”, a fusion of punk angst and glitchy madness – your speakers won’t know what hit ’em. Composed of John (guitar/vocals) and James (piano/synths/effects), these two high school frenemies turned friends have cooked up something they’re calling “glitchgaze”—a volatile cocktail of punk, shoegaze, and electronic anarchy that feels like My Bloody Valentine crashing a Nine Inch Nails rave.
Out since February 25, 2025, “Glass Cannon” is a cathartic “screw you” to crumbling relationships and reality itself. Recorded in their first professional studio session in LA, the track marks how they’ve leveled up from garage band weirdos to seriously dangerous noise-makers. John’s guitar sounds like it’s trying to saw the song in half, while James layers on synths like he’s papering over reality The vocals go from creepy whispers to full-on primal screams, nailing that whole “everything’s falling apart but let’s party” vibe. It’s wild how these two turned their rivalry into this explosive collaboration.
You can totally hear their inspo, but they’re not just copying homework. There’s some Radiohead-style mind-melting atmosphere, Nine Inch Nails‘ dirty industrial edge, and Autechre’s “what the hell was that?” moments. But Siren Section is torching nostalgia instead of recycling it. James’ synths warp and glitch like a malfunctioning AI, while John’s guitar resembles the fury of Unwound, and the track’s title, “Glass Cannon”, mirrors its structure: the whole track feels like it’s about to shatter under its own intensity. One second you’ve got these soft, pretty bits of melody, and the next – BOOM – everything explodes. It’s basically what happens when a relationship is hanging by a thread, but make it music.
What truly slaps is the duo’s refusal to play safe. The studio polish amplifies their chaos instead of sanitizing it, with James’s piano lurking beneath layers of analog distortion like a ghost in the machine. Meanwhile, John’s vocal delivery—part Bowie-esque croon, part Trent Reznor snarl—anchors the madness in raw, human desperation.
“Glass Cannon” isn’t just another notch on Siren Section’s belt; it’s their damn skirmish call. While everyone else is trying to fit into neat little genre boxes, these LA freaks are stomping all over ’em. Welcome to the glitchgaze revolution.