Aanbeland bij single #3 van het aankomend album #9, gooit POND een serieus onderwerp op. Tekstueel richt ‘Toast’ zich op de bosbranden van vorig jaar en de verschrikkelijke welvaartskloof in Allbrook, West-Australië waar frontman Nick opgroeide. Dit kan hij het best zelf zeggen:
“The intro chords came from a Joe Ryan demo mysteriously titled Toast. I’ve never asked Joe why he landed on that name, and I probably never will, but it pointed toward the image of fat-headed gobblers touching flutes of bubbles, watching the End of Days gallop over the horizon. I often wonder about those people – the money hoarders, climate change deniers, earth-pilferers and adventure capitalists – are they nihilists or anarchists or do they really believe they are to be saved by some Rock Opera Jesus? We may never know, but here is Toast, which is hopefully as smooth as the smooth, smooth sailing of our glorious leaders fat old white lives.”