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

Roshan Clerke, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Yumi Zouma - Yoncalla
"Richer and more expansive, with an abundance of angelic harmonies and cloud-busting synths."
Features / Music
Why Camp Cope's Georgia Has Emotional Blockage And Can't Understand Irony
"You can then feel other things towards that sadness that help you get through it."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Goon Sax, Blank Realm, Scraps
"The band’s music is a mixture of earnestness and ambiguity, full of vague allusions to times, places, and feelings that aren’t as solid as they may first appear."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kaytranada - 99.9%
"Live instrumentation features on a few tracks, and the guest list is a red-carpet affair."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Babaganouj - Pillar Of Light
"Babaganouj continue to build their brand of bubblegum pop-rock, reaching for new heights of saccharine excess."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: City Calm Down, Malo Zima, Problems
"The crowd sing along with the type of stadium-sized energy usually reserved for football games."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mayer Hawthorne - Man About Town
"Despite these populist reference points, and at times even because of them, 'Man About Town' rarely feels like its own self."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Charles Bradley - Changes
"This sense of maturity makes for a pleasantly surprising turn from a man known for his emotional excessiveness."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mat Zo - Self Assemble
"The album is padded with short instrumental tracks that provide just enough respite between tunes and work as efficient transitions."
Reviews / Arts
Gen Fricker - Yeah? Yeah!
"Painfully honest and undeniably human but, above all, it's also quietly hilarious"
Reviews / Arts
Matt Okine
"...a style of comedy that blurs the line between poetry and therapy."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Knocks - 55
"It'll probably soundtrack your next shopping experience, but it's not relevant beyond the supermarket doors."