On their new single, “Marriage,” Bureau De Change serves up a roaring slab of post-punk chaos that is as self-aware as it is thrilling. The UK four-piece, consisting of Flora, Will, Connor, and Louis, has been busy making their mark on the country’s swinging alt underground with a sound that is angular, raw, and emotionally scalpel-sharp.
“Marriage” is a bit of an anthem for the existentially beleaguered, that creeping dread of your late twenties when everyone else around you seems to have figured it out, and you’re still trying to parse through what caused your momentum to stall. In biting guitars and relentless percussion, Bureau De Change captures that uneasy cocktail of frustration and humour that characterises modern British young adulthood.
The track itself bursts with a furious energy, its harsh textures reflecting the emotional turmoil of watching friends walk down the aisle while you’re still figuring out how to tie your laces. But beneath the distortion and defiance, there’s a strangely comforting relatability, a wink of mutual understanding amid the din.
What makes “Marriage” so powerful isn’t just its power of sound, but its refusal to stay down. Bureau De Change digests all the anxiety and insanity of growing up and transforms it into a beautiful, purging release, if even close to joyous. It’s the sound of a generation laughing through the panic, moshing through the melancholy, and loving just to fuck with it all.
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