It Starts With a Birthstone 200 Albums For 2025 # 27 Daily Toll

 

                                                   'Want to sing you a Pavement song....'

While the world apparently holds its breath thrilled and aroused to  highly excitable degrees to witness the near miracle of  a bunch of lads from Burnage sharing a stage once more. I'm not I'm afraid. I don't give a crap ! I'm sorry folks this is not, definitively not The Beatles. Noel has just got divorced and needs money. There is little to see here I suspect.I certainly see little to say about it musically I'm afraid.Yeah, I'm a snob ! In the end you're driven to snobbery. Have they written any new songs or is it pure cashing in of chips.

 It Starts With a Birthstone meanwhile sails on to fresher and clearer waters and destinations on the ocean horizon that appear to it to have slightly more current relevance to the crew of cut throats pressganged into service in pursuit of the Great White. What year is it again lads? Oh yes 2025. Let's see what we can find me hearties to keep us entertained as the Peqod cuts through the breakers cresting th ocean waves. in pursuit of quarry.

Daily Toil. That will do. First of all I like the band name. What does it mean. The band name it seems has spiritual weight. They have a new album called A Profound Non-Event out. I started listening last night on a whim and four tracks in I found myself dragged into its vortex which is all you can ask of a new record. Something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear !

So who pray are Daily Toll. A Sydney Australian three piece seeing as you ask and A Profound Non-Event I was delighted to hear is artistically driven. More than that it determindely and resolutely refuses to do what it says on the tin. The album title is a complete disnomer unless you choose to read it philosophically. Existetially. The record meanwhile  by turns surprising, engaged, riveting and inspired. And other positive thumbs up adjectives. Break out your synonyms dictionraries land lubbers !

Australians seem to do this better than others right now. And Daily Toll do it better than most of those.The alternative is no alternative.  To conclude 'You'd better roll with it. You'd better take your time. You'd better say what you say, don't let anybody get in your way. Don't ever stand aside, don't ever be denied.... Repeat ad nauseum....I rest my case......