The Sound of You Laughing by ThxSoMch

The Sound of You Laughing by ThxSoMch

'The Sound of You Laughing' by ThxSoMch

One cliché about punk rock is that it’s more an attitude than a sound. It might be truer to think of punk rock as an ethos: a determination to make rock ‘n’ roll entirely on one’s own terms. ThxSoMch has that determination.

Also known as Carter De Filippis, the Toronto singer-songwriter builds upon hundreds of millions of streams of his 2022 single, “Spit in My Face!” with The Sound of You Laughing , a debut album that converts post-adolescent insecurity and nervous energy into earworm intensity.

Recorded mostly in Brazil with “Spit” producer Grayskies (Vinícius Massashi Honda Takada), the album forms a candy-colored shell around a raw, pulsing center. Disposing of the semi-parodic English accent of “Spit”