gum

Multi-instrumentalist and perhaps one of the hardest working artists around, GUM (aka Jay Watson) has somehow found the time to write and record a fresh collection of solo tracks for the first time since 2020. The newest release “Race to the Air” soars into view like a gigantic interplanetary craft, it takes in a sparkling vista of cosmic disco - all robo grooves and quivering strings.

GUM will be heading around the country on a rare Australian tour with his band, heading up Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in September, before heading overseas to play a string of dates across the US in October.

GUM has gifted us five studio albums since 2014, somehow finding time between his commitments with Pond and Tame Impala. Watson’s restless imagination has treated us to some of the most sonically diverse explorations of the past decade and has seen him take the stage as a special guest for Mac DeMarco, Mini Mansions and Angel Olsen, in addition to sold-out shows in Australia and packed rooms across Europe, the UK and USA.