{"id":165616,"date":"2026-09-27T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=gig_review&#038;p=165616"},"modified":"2026-09-27T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:13:22","slug":"pop-mtl-2026-i-haha-laughing-everythings-louder-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/pop-mtl-2026-i-haha-laughing-everythings-louder-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop MTL 2026 I haha Laughing: Everything\u2019s Louder in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been entranced and entrenched by the frenetic, speed-addled, neck-breaking whims of Texas\u2019 haha Laughing since discovering them at this year\u2019s FME. 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The mix never stops, each song always dragged into the next with a clanging, ringing guitar chord, a throaty 808, or a wretched little synth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"165621\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-6-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-6-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"165623\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-8.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-8-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"165625\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-17.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-17-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"165627\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-16.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PopMtl-HahaLaugh-16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the show, the duo keeps pulling oddities out of their bag of tricks. Oviedo jumps online with a saxophone, then Dilick is suddenly folded over his Strat. Now here\u2019s BB BASCO, punishing a cymbal with crushing quarter notes and a grimace on their face. Suddenly, Oviedo vanishes entirely, now taking the role of a hooded figure slithering across the crusty Casa floor as the titular creepy-crawly in &#8220;SOMETIMES, I WISH I WERE A SLUG.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Before all the free jazz and dissonance has anyone thinking these two are making it up as they go, Oviedo and Dilick each take a turn on the drums for the last couple of songs, hammering out breathless passages to an eruption of cheers from the brimming room. Their sound is best described as organized chaos, always at risk of rattling apart completely from the sheer decibel count of it all, and yet, somehow always arriving alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Against all odds, haha Laughing turned out to be the perfect closer for this oddball indie evening at POP Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photos by Stephan Boissonneault <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: haha Laughing\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/0K954Mj7UWNwR0xYZ7iFr7?si=UO3UpqArSLSY1mXTE43MLA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been entranced and entrenched by the frenetic, speed-addled, neck-breaking whims of Texas\u2019 haha Laughing since discovering them at this year\u2019s FME. 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