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

Roshan Clerke, Journalist

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Album Review: Of Monsters & Men - Beneath The Skin
"The simpler times they evoke have been left back in the dusty attics in which they were found, replaced now with the loud and grey sounds of electric guitars."
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Album Review: Ella Thompson - Janus
"She does manage to maintain an ethereal sense of mystery with her elegant electro-melancholy"
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Album Review: Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?
"Yet another innovative, nuanced release"
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Album Review: Rose Windows - Rose Windows
"There’s more tension in the music this time, with chief songwriter Chris Cheveyo laying down Sabbath-like guitar riffs on 'Glory, Glory'"
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Album Review: Penguin Prison - Lost In New York
"The man simply cannot make a song that doesn’t sound sleek and futuristic"
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Album Review: George FitzGerald - Fading Love
"The spiralling music mirrors the melancholy singing of Oli Bayston, spreading a subdued feeling of resignation."
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Album Review: Oscar Key Sung - Altruism
"By continually providing a fresh interpretation of whatever R&B means these days, he remains one of our most important artists"
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Album Review: Mavis Staples - Your Good Fortune
"A denser sound for darker topics, but don’t call it a comeback"
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Album Review: Miami Horror - All Possible Futures
"The dreamy feeling of the US West Coast permeates the record to an extent that makes it more impressionistic than impressive"
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Album Review: Naked Bodies - Piranha
"This scrappy garage album from Quang Dinh further emphasises the creative tensions that may have been present in the former group."
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Album Review: Gang Of Youths - The Positions
"Leaupepe writes some of the most empowering sentiments to be found in modern rock music."
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Album Review: Say Lou Lou -- Lucid Dreaming
"Lucid Dreaming rarely exists outside its atmosphere of sterile artificiality. "
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