Best known for his roles in Tame Impala and Pond, multi-instrumentalist Jay Watson has released his latest single as GUM.
A psych-flecked journey of cosmic-disco-funk flavoured surf rock, 'Race To The Air' is a six-minute odyssey and GUM's first new music since 2020 (GUM co-released two tracks last month with King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard's Ambrose Kenny-Smith for Record Store Day: 'Minor Setback' and 'Old Transistor Radio')."'Race To The Air' was originally called 'Running To The Cure'," begins GUM. "I have this memory of going to the toilet at Glastonbury and The Cure started their set by playing 'Plainsong', which is my favourite Cure song.
"So I was running from the portaloo to the stage. I couldn't call a song 'Running To The Cure' after COVID though, I didn't want people to think I was making an album about the pandemic!"
Given his commitments to his other projects, GUM will embark on a rare national tour with his band in September, taking in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Tickets on sale from 26 May.
GUM 2023 Tour Dates
Fri 8 Sep - Freo.Social (Fremantle)Thu 14 Sep - The Brightside (Brisbane)
Fri 15 Sep - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Sat 16 Sep - The Night Cat (Melbourne)
