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

Sam Wall, Journalist

Features / Music
Why Wallace Is Raffling Roses
"He's always joked that I'm a little bit of a heartbreaker, hence the idea of raffling off roses."
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Everything Starts By Finding The Details, And Ends In A Visceral Release
"...the most fun, exhausting, ape-pack experience for me, a Kon-Tiki tour devised by Satan."
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How Things Fell Into Place For Ivey
"We all worked really well together, and it was a very easy, relaxed studio session."
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Cheese & Bread
"Nothing works better than cheese and bread."
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Channelling The Drama, Simplicity & Truth Of Folk Songs
"I think a very good folk song, or blues song, the simplicity and truth of it, it almost resets you... It's what we yearn for that simplicity."
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Delsinki Records & Brooke Taylor's Four Seasons Of Love
"Love One is based around four songs - four seasons, one story."
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Why Grandhour Were Concerned With Musical Diversity
"We aim for emotion and feeling, then use the most perfect take that has these attributes."
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The Circus Where The Dirt Meets The Sky
"We figured that was just a nice way of - I guess creating some kind of space and separation between the two sides."
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Carole King's Songbook
"She's the greatest female songwriter of all time."
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The View From The Kitchen Under The Stairs
"It'd be so sweet just to pedal past on the way home and pick up a pretty delicious, yum meal".
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Why Dom Irrera Is A "Supple, Little Hunk"
"When they walk out of the room, and it's usually during my act, I want them thinking, 'Fuck, I could do that.'"
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How The Floyd Family Breakdown Bottle Their Live Show's Lightning
"... a truly inspiring day to have country and roots legends watching over you as you record.""
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