Jay Som's first album in six years, Belong, is out now! We're so incredibly excited for this record to be at your doorstep. A true exploration in collaboration, these 11 songs float between supercharged power-pop hits and hazy ballads, between electronic curiosities and lighters-up anthems. In short, it rips! 

Give it a spin, pick up your copy & don't miss Jay Som on tour this fall! 

Belong is available on vinyl, CD & tape! Shop separately or bundle with your choice of two new Jay Som t-shirt designs and tote bag. 

"Indie's secret weapon" - Rolling Stone

"Duterte’s third album, 'Belong,' has both pillowy guitar textures and plenty of bite." - The New York Times 

“the full thrush of this is very much pop-punk catharsis..the eruption of it, it’s just so satisfying” - NPR Music 

"a startling, spectacular return." - Stereogum

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While Jay Som has always been a solo project for Melina Duterte, this album finds her expanding her world by collaborating with outside musicians, writers and producers.

Duterte wrote, composed, performed, produced, engineered and mixed the record with contributions from Joao Gonzalez (of Soft Glas), Mal Hauser (a collaborator to Mk.gee and Illuminati Hotties), Steph Marziano (producer for Vundabar, Hot Wax, Sir Chloe) and Kyle Pulley, and she also welcomed guest vocalists for the first time.

The album finds Duterte searching for her place, or somewhere she belongs, within an indie rock ecosystem that Jay Som stepped away from for the past six years.

Belong Tracklist
01. Cards On The Table
02. Float (feat. Jim Adkins)
03. What You Need
04. Appointments
05. Drop A
06. Past Lives (feat. Hayley Williams)
07. D.H.
08. Casino Stars
09. Meander/Sprouting Wings
10. A Million Reasons Why