A Profound Non-Event is the debut record from Daily Toll, the Sydney, Australia-based indie rock trio featuring Kata Szász-Komlós, Jasper Craig-Adams, and Tom Stephens. Expect a worthy release, consisting of eleven lo-fi songs with poetic lyrics, jangly guitars, intimate vocals, and alienating soundscapes, all wrapped up in a kind of hypnotic groove. To file under folk-tinged post-punk, hazy and haunting.
You’ll hear a band leaning into friendship, friction, and the art of becoming, mastering the art of creative synergy that leads to music that glows with firelight warmth and lived-in charm. For fans of thoughtfully tangled songwriting, uncertain resolutions, and the quiet triumph of building something real. For me, A Profound Non-Event was the fitting soundtrack to a few restless days of heatwave and fever dreams—after some more spins it feels like a classic.
A Profound Non-Event—recorded with Alex Bennett—is out now digitally, on cassette, CD and vinyl LP, through Tough Love Records.