GUM – "Out In The World"

GUM, aka Tame Impala member Jay Watson, is back today with his first song since 2018’s The Underdog. The new one’s called “Out In The World.” Although existing adjacent to The Slow Rush’s psychedelic retro dance party, its gleaming arpeggios, “Billie Jean” backbeat, and airy falsetto also have me imagining a world in which Tears For Fears were on Flying Nun.

As Watson explains in a statement, he had other stylistic touchstones in mind: “It started f as a jangly 12 string folk sort thing, before morphing into my version Fleetwood Mac meets Cleaners From Venus. It features very little keyboard and synthesizer for me and more guitars than I’ve used in a while, it was important to have that texture.”

“Out In The World” will be the A-side a new 7″ backed by a cover Ballroom’s “It’s A Sad World.” Watch director Laura-Lynn Petrick’s video for “Out In The World” below.

“Out In The World” is out now on Spinning Top.