'It’s Hard To Push Back The Fear': Jay Watson Steps Into The Light As GUM

Mitch Knox, Journalist

News / Film & TV
Game Of Thrones Overreaction: The Tears Of Twitter [Ft. Spoilers]
How did you feel about last night's Game Of Thrones? Do you not think you ought to calm down?
Features / Music
Old Forward Thinking
“We’re an improvised band, and the recording sessions are improvised; whatever we release is just a snapshot of one possible way that we could sound.”
Features / Music
Labour Of Brotherly Love
“We didn’t really sit down and talk about what direction we wanted to take, but when we were writing we wanted to challenge ourselves and not do something that we’ve done before."
Features / Music
Remember My Name
"Things are good; busy back to routine after being away and getting back into writing – we’re writing the second record at the moment."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual
Essentially, Illumination Ritual could be any of The Appleseed Cast’s past albums – but that’s also why it is arguably one of their best.
Features / Music
The Eternal Optimist
“That’s the great thing about things like Twitter: when we first started in a band, there was a million miles between us and the fanbase. You could never really directly have a conversation with them; it was just too difficult."
Features / Music
The Sweetest Jams
“We can’t be bothered to remember songs, even though some of us might prefer us to remember songs.”
Features / Music
Let's Be Frank
“In a lot of ways I’m having my cake and eating it right now because I’ve got all the advantages of being in a band but at the same time I retain the sense of control that comes from being a solo artist…"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse
Is it pleasant? Sure. Easy? Definitely. Worth it? Only if you’re having trouble sleeping.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Me - Even The Odd Ones Out
As insane and overblown as this all sounds, it’s so much fun it actually works.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Foals - Holy Fire
All up, Holy Fire is not bad, but it isn’t great, either: it’s the Coke Zero of musical evolution.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tomahawk - Oddfellows
So, basically, same old Tomahawk with a brand new bottom end, right? Well… kind of, but is that such a bad thing?