Hardcore punks LAUGH TRACK channel post-surgery frustration into Hope Less, a DIY Gothenburg record captured in two nights

Gothenburg quartet Laugh Track—vocalist Ulf Stöckel, guitarist Johan G Winther, bassist Nicklas Olsson and drummer Mattias Rasmusson—formed in 2023 when Winther, recovering from emergency surgery, “ended up writing about 12 songs in two days.” He wante…