Rohin Jones
Rohin Jones, vocalist formerly of reigning world champions The Middle East, has been getting it done on the sly these past six months, playing small bars up and down the east coast. A lot has been said about the breaking up of The Middle East but I can’t help but feel, having seen his live set, that Rohin is enjoying performing songs unbound by either critical expectation or other bandmates. These songs are personal, colloquial, and near as sparse as an elderly scalp. It’s mostly Rohin’s baritonal vocals and his acoustic guitar which must certainly be more easy to tour than the eleventy hundred piece lineup that was the Middle East. It probably won’t ring true for many of the Middle East’s loyal but I’d imagine that this would sit fine with Rohin. If you’re looking for clean, easy listening, there’s plenty you’ll enjoy more than what’s below.
I’ve cut these two tracks out of a live recording from Gasometer (which is in Collingwood, apparently?) that you can listen to/download over here, replete with coughs, prolonged silences and the sounds of that acoustic being tuned and retuned. I’ve speculatively titled the tracks according to lyrics from each song, but no doubt when they’re actually recorded in studio, the titles won’t match my own. The second of the two kind of sounds like a track The Middle East were pedalling at their shows, towards the end of their time as a band, so maybe it was one of Rohin’s that were putting down or maybe he’s just kept it in the bank ever since.
‘Davey’
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‘Different Things’
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