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Jay Som – the project of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte – will release Belong, her first new album in over six years, this Friday, October 10th. Belong features Jay Som’s first-ever collaborations, and today she shares one final taste of the album with “Past Lives” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore. Jay Som opened for Paramore on tour in 2018, and Duterte and Williams have wanted to collaborate ever since. The two met in Nashville to try a song together, alongside Steph Marziano. Williams’ soft harmonies on the arcing “Past Lives” reinforce its forlorn sense of drifting in and out of doldrums, of finding momentum only to watch it fade. It is a powerhouse of a tune, its downshifted midsection landing like a fistfight with oneself.

“It’s a dream come true to have Hayley sing on my first feature on an album before the recording “Float”, I still can’t believe it happened,” Duterte says of the collaboration. “She’s one of the kindest artists out there and she graciously accepts and uplifts the people around her. We’re all so lucky to witness her talent and live on the same timeline as her.”

Los Angeles fans can also join Jay Som on Thursday 9th October for a Belong Release Party at Permanent Records. The event takes place from 7-10pm and is free with RSVP. Jay Som will embark on her first tour in over 5 years this winter, kicking off in Europe on 1st November, stopping through the UK to play at London’s Pitchfork Festival on Saturday 8th November, before heading onto her headline run of North America through November and December. See the full list of dates and get your tickets on her website HERE.

Momma, the band of Etta Friedman, Allegra Weingarten, Aron Kobayashi Ritch, and Preston Fulks, today announced Welcome to My Blue Sky (Deluxe Edition) – an expanded digital reissue of their critically-acclaimed latest album – will be released November 14th. The release features five new recordings, including their new single “Cross Your Heart”, and a cover of “Christian Brothers” by Elliott Smith/Heatmiser. The new track, out now alongside a video directed by Steph Rinzler for Prophet Media, is the Brooklyn-based band at their best: fuzzed-out, dynamic, and catchy as hell. Welcome to My Blue Sky (Deluxe Edition) is now available for pre-save HERE.

?“This was one of the first songs we started working on in the writing process for Welcome to My Blue Sky,” the band explains. “We actually were messing around with this one during soundchecks while we were still touring Household Name. We always knew it had potential but we could never fully crack it, and this was one of the first songs we started working on in the writing process for Welcome to My Blue Sky. It’s about a forbidden romance and sneaking around with another person.”

“This video is rooted in the spirit of early ‘90s DIY VHS culture–loose, raw, and unpolished in all the right ways,” Rinzler adds. “I wanted to capture Momma in their own world, goofing around, stumbling into moments, and letting the night carry them. What unfolds is less of a traditional music video and more of a time capsule of a night out. At its core, this project was about keeping the process as fun and unselfconscious as the band is in real life.”

After completing a round of headlining U.S. shows and amphitheatre dates supporting The Marías, Momma’s Autumn tour continues later this month with more UK and European dates, including Pitchfork London, Pitchfork Paris, a sold-out headline at London’s The Garage. Their biggest NYC venue to date at Brooklyn Steel follows on November 20th and they’ll also play Australia and Japan for the first time in early 2026. Tickets for all announced shows are on-sale HERE.

Today, Jay Som – the project of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte – shares another track from Belong, her first new album in over six years, entitled “What You Need”, which highlights the collaborative nature of the record.

Inspired by a Peter Bjorn and John song that reminded Joao Gonzalez (Soft Glas) of Duterte’s music, “What You Need” was built together by the duo, crafting a track that is as springy yet sad as the lyrics, a tight-rope walk between adoration and annoyance. Addictive on first listen, it’s a subtle wonder of production, too, its layers of drums and curdled synths serving as a platform for the bright guitars that bend through it.

“Joao created and sent me the basic skeleton for ‘What You Need’ a couple hours before the fires in LA started,” Duterte says of the new single. “I remember feeling immediately drawn to it, but the uncertainty and danger we were about to face crept up, pulling our focus elsewhere. We eventually revisited the demo a month later, after witnessing how the people of LA came together in its darkest moments — it felt necessary and only right to create this song with friends.”

Today, New York-based rock band Sunflower Bean share “Crashing Highs”, the first of five additional tracks being added to their recent album Mortal Primetime, their most transformative record to date. The forthcoming Deluxe edition of Mortal Primetime will be released on October 17th, and is available to pre-order now.

The band describe “Crashing Highs” as being “about chasing the past and losing grip on something that once felt huge, the peaks and valleys of infatuation until it slips away completely. We were very influenced by Sonic Youth on this one, wanting something with the energy of room, raw guitars, and splashing cymbals.”

Jay Som – the project of the Los Angeles-based Melina Duterte – today shares “Cards On The Table” the second single from her forthcoming album Belong.

“Cards On The Table” is a tender and revealing slice of electronic pop full of mesmerizing electronic flourishes, gentle hooks and warped vocals (with additional performance from Lexi Vega of Mini Trees) cascading over tessellated drum machines and synths. It follows the release of the album’s lead single “Float (feat. Jim Adkins)”, and complimentary release “A Million Reasons Why”.

Duterte says of the song: “‘Cards On The Table’ is my favorite song on Belong! It’s about the shifting nature of friendships and how devastating conflict can be in platonic relationships when you feel misunderstood by each other. I think it’s a universal experience to navigate that type of dynamic. It feels like a never-ending cycle of people walking in and out of your life, but it ultimately leads to self-discovery and growth.”

Jay Som has also announced her first North American headline tour in over 5 years, following her run supporting Lucy Dacus this Summer. She returns to the UK and Europe in the Autumn, including stops at Pitchfork London and Pitchfork Paris. Check the Jay Som website for all dates and ticket links HERE.