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A Profound Non-Event is an assured debut from Sydney's Daily Toll, formed by musician, poet and visual artist Kata Szász-Komlós, Jasper Craig-Adams, with recent addition Tom Stephens. It unfolds as a series of immersive, lo-fi soundscapes built around understated guitar lines, spoken-word vocals, and swirling melodica harmonies. There's pop immediacy and slow-burn minimalism, all filtered through a local underground sensibility with nods to the legacy of Flying Nun.

Tracks were recorded with analogue equipment over three days at Sound Recordings studio in Castlemaine, with engineer Alex Bennett overseeing sessions that took place in a century-old cottage. The environment fostered what Kata describes as "candle light and creative camaraderie," leading to arrangements that blend folk song intimacy with post-punk dynamics.

The album's emotional core lies in its fifth track, 'Killincs,' described by the band as their "Rosetta Stone". It's a meditation on isolation, longing, and the challenge of making peace with uncertainty: "I have the keys still, but I've buried the path". Elsewhere ‘Fleeting’ trails "looped thoughts on a particularly low day, sat by the water on a sunny afternoon and accosted by sounds of property development and ad-ladened trash commercial radio; feeling angry at being sold our own demise and the fear of humanity never learning from our transgressions against earth and each other.”

Raw sonic textures and lyrics are balanced with quiet melodic detail, subtly shifting between gentle acoustic motifs and spaced-out electric hues.