Jay Watson

Jay Wesley Watson was born in Carnarvon, He was given the nickname Gumby, which referred to the clay animation TV show of the same name. When he began recording his own material, Watson shortened the name to GUM. In October 2019, Delorean Highway came at no.19 on Happy Mag's list of "The 25 best psychedelic rock albums of the 2010s". In September 2014, Watson recorded his second album in London with the assistance of Jerome Watson. The thirteen track Glamorous Damage, was announced in September 2015 and was released on 13 November 2015. It was preceded by the single "Anaesthetized Lesson", Watson described the title of the album as "about people glamorizing getting fucked up or being weirdos, when there is always a danger you could end up damaged yourself just through putting it on a pedestal". On 3 November 2016, a third album titled Flash In the Pan, was teased on YouTube, and released on 11 November 2016. It was preceded by the single "Gemini". Described by the NME as "a swirl of looped vocals, Pond-y synth work and dreamy, subtle bass". Watson explained that it was "the first song I recorded for the album, and probably the most immediate". It featured a contribution by Sergio Flores on saxophone. Watson currently resides in Beaconsfield, a suburb nearby to Fremantle in Perth, Western Australia. In December 2019, he and his girlfriend Lucy welcomed a son, Jack. ==Discography==

Albums as GUM —Studio albums: • Delorean Highway (2014) • Glamorous Damage (2015) • Flash In the Pan (2016) • The Underdog (2018) • Out In the World (2020) • Saturnia (2023) • Blue Gum Way (2026) === Albums as GUM with Ambrose Kenny-Smith === —Studio albums: • Ill Times (2024) —Live albums: • Live at the Corner (2025) Singles • "Anesthetized Lesson" (2015) • "Elafonissi Blue" (2015) • "Gemini" (2016) • "Deep Razz" (2016) • "The Underdog" (2018) • "The Blue Marble" (2018) • "Out In the World" (2020) • "Airwalkin'" (2020) • "Low to Low" (2020) • "Ancients" (2022; from Glamorous Damage remaster) • "Minor Setback / Old Transistor Radio" (2023) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Race to the Air" (2023) • "Would It Pain You to See?" (2023) • "Music Is Bigger Than Hair" (2023) • "Argentina" (2023) • "Ill Times" (2024) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Dud" (2024) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Telescope" (2025; from Ill Times deluxe edition) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Snow Angels" (2025; from Ill Times deluxe edition) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Uncharted Waters" (2025; from Ill Times deluxe edition) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Jump Into the Fire" (2025; from Live at the Corner) with Ambrose Kenny-Smith • "Expanding Blue" (2025) • "Celluloid" (2026) • "In Life" (2026) With Pond —Studio albums: • Psychedelic Mango (2009) • Corridors of Blissterday (2009) • Frond (2010) (credited as Wesley Goldtouch) • Beard, Wives, Denim (2012) • Hobo Rocket (2013) • Man It Feels Like Space Again (2015) • The Weather (2017) • Tasmania (2019) • 9 (2021) • Stung! (2024) —Live albums: • Sessions (2019) —Compilation albums: • The Early Years: 2008–2010 (2025) —Extended plays: • Greens Pool (2010) • Live at the BBC (2022) With Tame Impala —Studio albums: • Innerspeaker (2010), drums on "Solitude Is Bliss", "The Bold Arrow of Time", "Island Walking". • Lonerism (2012), piano on "Apocalypse Dreams", keyboards on "Elephant," both of which he cowrote —Live albums: • Live Versions (2014), keyboards on all tracks —Extended plays: • Tame Impala (2008), drums on "Wander", keyboards on "Forty-One Mosquitoes Flying in Formation" • Live at the Corner EP (2010), drums on all tracks ==References==