ThxSoMch Unleashes Chaos on "The Sound of You Laughing"

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Toronto’s ThxSoMch is officially here, and his debut album, The Sound of You Laughing, is everything you could want from a post-punk, alt-rock, darkwave mashup: raw, unfiltered, and unapologetically emotional. Out now via Atlantic Records, the album pairs gritty guitars with an unflinching look at mental health, isolation, and the messiness of growing up in the digital age.

The standout single, “A Sharp Pain,” sets the tone perfectly. In just under two hours, ThxSoMch and producer grayskies captured the push-and-pull of destructive desire, turning a stream-of-consciousness idea into a track that’s equal parts grimy and cathartic. “It put me in the best mental place I’ve been in for a long time,” he explains. “No phone, no English, no sense of time—just a flow state that let me escape everything else.” That sense of escape carries across the album, whether he’s snarling through angst-heavy tracks or leaning into moments of quieter reflection.

“Would You?” is a punchy, emotionally raw opener that sets the tone with gritty guitars and ThxSoMch’s confessional vocals. It’s a bold introduction to the chaos and honesty that runs through the album. And we mean it: it's messy, unpolished, profound and feels electrifyingly real. The record balances vulnerability with head-spinning intensity. Tracks like “Awfully Sad” and “Keep It To Yourself” shift between cathartic introspection and urgent post-punk tension, while “Unhinged” and “A Sharp Pain” deliver some of the album’s most unfiltered, gripping moments. Quirky touches like “Everyone Dies In A Costume” and the cinematic “Hide And Seek (Interlude)” provide brief respites before the chaos ramps back up. The vocals cut straight through the distortion, and the guitar work throbs with tension throughout the album.

"There’s a clear sense of purpose here. A pause. A breath between breakdowns,” ThxSoMch says, and listening to the album, it’s easy to believe that you can hold onto that pause, even if just for a few tracks at a time.

If you’ve been following his rise from viral hit “SPIT IN MY FACE!” to over a billion streams and counting, you’ll know he’s always done things his own way. The Sound of You Laughing confirms that he’s only getting started.

ThxSoMch hits the road across North America, Europe, and the UK this fall with support from re6ce, and if these tracks are any indication, his live shows will be just as chaotic, cathartic, and addictive as the record itself.

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