Gum has been played on NTS shows including Solid State Survivor w/ Shags Chamberlain, with Flash In Japan first played on 25 May 2018.

The mercurial neo-psychedelia of GUM is the creation of Pond and Tame Impala drummer Jay Watson. The solo project's full-length debut, Delorean Highway, appeared in 2014. Taking a varied approach over the next several years that was always trippy but sometimes drenched in fuzz, sometimes more robotic synth pop, and sometimes crunchier rock, GUM committed to a synth-enhanced psych rock for his more cohesive fourth album, 2018's The Underdog.

Hailing from Western Australia, Watson began recording self-produced music as GUM in 2011….