Vince Leigh’s Single Review: Between My Shadows And The Sun by David Jones
By Vince Leigh (Ex drummer of Pseudo Echo, Tina Arena and John Farnham) of Australian Radio Promotion for Sheldon Ang Media
Here’s the thing about David Jones: the guy’s been everywhere—bands, sessions, big names, pubs where the carpet smells like 1995—and he’s still chasing that perfect three-and-a-half minutes that’ll make you stop mid-pint and listen. Between My Shadow and the Sun is him getting dangerously close. The riff? It doesn’t sidle in politely—it barges in like it owns the lease, flipping stools on its way to the bar. It’s a machine-gun thing, but there’s precision in it; no wasted notes, no filler. Then the verses pull it back, and you get this simmering, almost cinematic tension. Jones is pacing the stage in your head, waiting for the moment to blow the doors off. And then the chorus—yeah, this is the bit where you realise the guy’s got hooks. Not the cheap, bubble-gum kind, but the ones you actually want stuck in your head because they carry some weight. “Take the light that is given” could be a fortune cookie, but here it sounds like a dare. He’s talking legacy—the junk you leave behind versus the gold you inherit—and he’s not interested in subtle metaphor when he can just set it to a riff and make you sing it. By the time the bridge hits, Jones is showing off without looking like he’s showing off—stretching his voice, holding the band in this taut, vertical climb before dropping you back into the chorus like a skydiver yanking the cord. Production’s tight: the guitars have edge without turning into fuzz soup, the drums punch but don’t sprawl. You can tell there’s thought behind every placement—where the groove drops, where the harmonies slide in, when to just let the riff talk. Between My Shadow and the Sun is rock stripped of frills but loaded with muscle and intent. It’s not just some midlife victory lap; it’s proof the guy’s still got teeth, still has something to say, and still knows how to make you hear it whether you meant to or not.
