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

Tara Johnston, Journalist

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Album Review: Grace - FMA
"The throwback yet modern soul singer trend still feels so often like an Amy Winehouse imitation."
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Album Review: case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
"Their eponymously titled LP should probably be called Awesome Ladies of Song."
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Album Review: Highasakite - Camp Echo
"It's sophisticated, tinged with darkness, and brash and danceable without veering into predictable EDM soullessness."
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Album Review: Gordi - Clever Disguise
"Gordi's debut EP is simply a breath of fresh air, both sonically and thematically."
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Album Review: RY X - Dawn
"It is meditative, spacious, and rather melancholy."
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Album Review: John Congleton & The Nighty Nite - Until The Horror Goes
"Layered electronics, guitar, honking horns and light distortion are set to rather quirky vocals."
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Album Review: Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones - Little Windows
"Do Kelly Jones' vocals have a warmth unrivalled by her musical contemporaries? Most definitely."
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Album Review: Ben Watt - Fever Dream
"...thoughtful, slightly melancholy songs that benefit from maturity and subtle production."
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Album Review: Birdy - Beautiful Lies
"Beautiful Lies is richly produced, thoughtfully moody, and somewhat generic adult contemporary."
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Album Review: Alessia Cara - Know It All
"'90s hip hop flourishes are dropped in here and there. It all sounds rather wonderfully expensive."
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Album Review: Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
"Mostly it bowls you over with an impressive range."
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Album Review: Run River North - Drinking From A Salt Pond
"Guitarist/vocalist Alex Hwang sounds thoughtfully determined and especially Ben Gibbard-esque."
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