Jay Watson has been releasing records under his GUM moniker for over a decade, & the recordings have followed his wildest creative impulses. For his 7th studio album, GUM has focussed on 9 songs that explore a specific mood & sound.

Blue Gum Way sets its roots deep into a widescreen, jazz-informed & psychedelia, one influenced by the the likes of Talk Talk & Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool. This LP is the work of an artist who has reached the clearest sense of what he wants to say.

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Following the release of the GUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard/The Murlocs) project "Ill Times", this is GUM's first solo release via p(doom) records

Publicists will be hired in key markets (US, AU, UK) for a 2026 album

SIDE A
A1. Man Alive
A2. Phosphene Scream
A3. Expanding Blue
A4. In Life

SIDE B
B1. Man Ray Bay
B2. Celluloid
B3. It Happens Almost Every Day
B4. Outrider
B5. New Equator