Artist Spotlight: Meet Muse to Sirens
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Punk Head: Your sound pulls from doom metal, goth, and Deep South folklore. How do those cultural roots shape the emotions you’re trying to summon?
Muse to Sirens: Our sound comes from our deep southern roots. Those roots let us channel grief and doom into something enchanting. Songs that are raw and real. Growing up in a place marked by dark history and struggle, yet shadowed by undeniable beauty, gave us a landscape of contradictions to draw from. As goth kids at heart, raised in that tension between decay and wonder, we channel those contrasts into our music — a sound shaped by duality, where darkness and light are always in the dialogue.
Punk Head: The single is about resisting a loss of control. How did the two of you translate psychological chaos into a sonic language?
Muse to Sirens: One of the most powerful moments in creating Glass Wings was shaping its descent into chaos. We set out to capture the emotional weight of monotony and forced complacency within a collapsing system. The clock’s relentless chime became a symbol of madness through repetition, echoing and fading as the song unfolds. Each passage swells toward the bridge, where the breaking point arrives — the sound of fracture, the moment when restraint finally gives way.
Punk Head: You’ve said this song represents a “psychological breakdown many of us have felt.” What moment in recent years felt like the spark — the point where breakdown turned into rebellion?
Muse to Sirens: We’ve always been rebels at heart, but growing up being made to feel like I was less than because of hateful people in the pushed us, to be our unapologetic selves. As a child, we figured ‘I mean, they’re going to judge you regardless. Why not work to mentally better yourself through self-discovery in the process?’ Overcoming our inner struggles is how we rebel.
Punk Head: The title “Glass Wings” suggests fragility and transformation. What does that image mean to you in the context of power and collapse?
Muse to Sirens: The two are both so delicate, aren’t they? Though one often leads to the other. To me, Glass Wings encapsulates this, while also sharing that sometimes you have to collapse within yourself before you find your true power. We want our fans to know that That fragility isn’t weakness. It ‘s what makes us human.
The world, for many, may feel as though it’s falling apart. Hope is hard to produce. Sometimes we have to break down to make ourselves better. The pressure of the world forcing us to scream back in its face instead of fold. People and art are capable Of being fragile and strong at the same time.
Punk Head: The term sirencore is gaining traction. How do you define it, and what do you hope separates Muse to Sirens from the larger goth metal landscape?
Muse to Sirens: To us, “sirencore” is using your voice, a beautiful cacophony to relay our message of self-reflection and resistance. It’s the fusion of heavy distortion, Southern gothic storytelling, and emotional vulnerability that can’t be unheard.
