GUM, the solo project of Jay Watson, has announced his seventh album.

The prolific Australian artist — member of Pond and touring member of Tame Impala —  will release the self-produced 'Blue Gum Way' on March 6, his first album for King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard's p(doom) records, following 2023's 'Saturnia' and his 2024 collaborative album 'III Times' with King Gizzard's Ambrose Kenny-Smith.

The album's title is inspired by Australia's blue gum eucalyptus trees, reflecting a sense of melancholy from a specific time and place in Watson's life. Across nine tracks written largely in isolation, it explores a jazz-tinged psychedelic sound influenced by Talk Talk, John Martyn, and Radiohead.

As a preview, Watson has shared Celluloid, a psych-pop offering that arrives with a video directed by Kristofski. It follows his 2025 single Expanding Blue, his first solo release on p(doom) records, which will also appear on the new record. Watson said:

"Everything feels worse in the middle of the night, it’s where peak worry and catastrophizing happens. Exacerbated by a slow death from blue screen light and brain rot."

'Blue Gum Way' tracklist:

1. Man Alive
2. Phosphene Scream
3. Expanding Blue
4. In Life
5. Man Ray Bay
6. Celluloid
7. It Happens Almost Every Day
8. Outrider
9. New Equator