Daily Toll + Guy Blackman + The Spatulas

DAILY TOLL are nestled between the sonic worlds of folk song story telling and off kilter, angular rock. They are a Sydney-based band born from a curious seed, the self taught project of artist Kata Szász-Komlós alongside Jasper Craig-Adams and Tom Stephens. Seemingly coming with an unmistakable charm and yearning. Mapping the band’s existence through their recorded output is to bear witness to the flux of three people learning to respond to one another and gently ossify into a collective vision. Early recordings reflect a band imagining themselves into being whilst new release, A Profound Non-Event (Tough Love), observes a clear shift in conviction.

https://dailytoll.bandcamp.com/

GUY BLACKMAN is a songwriter’s songwriter. His deftly constructed songs deal frankly with issues of love, sexuality and commitment. If Serge Gainsbourg, Tim Hardin or Kevin Ayers wrote songs set in gay go-go bars or on adult camming websites, you might get close to an idea of Guy’s approach. ‘Out Of Sight’ is Guy’s first solo album in nearly 20 years (out June 13th), a belated follow-up to his well-loved 2008 album Adult Baby. Guy is also the co-founder of the very excellent label Chapter Music.

https://guyblackman.bandcamp.com

THE SPATULAS share a percussive, unshadowed presence, a steady, clear-voiced clop. Every note on their debut record ‘Beehive Mind’ (out now on PPM) is a little bit sad on its own but then they're organized in a way that you don't actually notice. The songs breathe in warmth and patience, they are immediate and sweet. And then they start to meander. To address the weight of the world without speaking of weariness. To march the song to breathlessness but loosen your grip when the band wanders. To tell all your secrets but shield your loved ones from vulnerability. To dress up in the charm and temptation of the pop song but maintain a core of peculiarity, of a single voice trying to navigate this world. This is the project of the Spatulas. Think of the few songwriters who know they’re the only ones in the world who could write their songs. The ones who sing in the confidence that the song couldn’t exist without them: Peter Jefferies, Jenny Mae, Ron House, Heather Lewis. Jonathan Richman? Put Miranda Soileau-Pratt of The Spatulas on this list. Miranda will be performing solo at this show.

https://mirandaspatula.bandcamp.com/

Presented by Upset The Rhythm.

This is an 18+ event