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Siggy Confronted Neural Control in the Sardonic Snarl of Their Post-Punk Hit, ‘Wirehead’ –
Siggy Confronted Neural Control in the Sardonic Snarl of Their Post-Punk Hit, ‘Wirehead’ –
Take the swagger of Pavement, the kaleidoscopes of polyphonia associated with Grandaddy, the raucously raw guitars of proto-punk, and drift in the postmodernist conviction of post-punk, and you are left with something that snarls in the same vein as Siggy’s Wirehead. Through vocals that give John Lydon a run for his money and the woozy experimentalism of Magazine, Siggy prove that hooks can cut just as sharply inside eccentric hymns about what we stand to lose if humanity slips into the ether and algorithms quietly delete autonomy as they do in plastic pop. Beyond the playful synths, this harbingering hit exposits an unavoidable future where Elon Musk has full access to our synapses, and it does so without slipping into parody or preaching.
The track carries that riled-up intelligence Siggy has honed since their late 90s inception in Los Angeles. Formed around Galen Buckwalter’s vocal volatility, alongside Ryan Howes on guitar, Deborah Buckwalter on bass, and Paul Netherton on drums, the band have spent decades balancing urgency with songwriting that hits hard without switching off its brain. Wirehead, the title release from their forthcoming album, pushes further. Inspired by Buckwalter’s direct participation in a brain-computer interface study, the record threads neural-signal-derived textures through loud, hook-driven arrangements. The concept digs into agency, control, stimulation, and overload, asking what remains human in a wired world without resorting to sci-fi cosplay theatrics.
Siggy’s live reputation backs up their reputation for ferocity, favouring loud amps, tight execution, and a no-frills stage presence that prioritises intensity over gloss. With Wirehead, they amplify punk’s original spirit of risk and defiance, charging it through a future-filtered lens that feels unsettlingly close to home.
Wirehead is now available on all major streaming platforms, including SoundCloud.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
