Release Date 6th March 2026
Opaque Sky Blue Vinyl LP
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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TRACKLIST
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
