
Jay Som announces new album with breezy lead single "Superbike"
04 June 2019, 15:26
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Jay Som, aka Melina Duterte, has shared details of her next album Anak Ko, as well as unveiling lead single "Superbike".
"Superbike" is Duterte's first new single since "Simple", which was released as part of Adult Swim's Singles Series.
The title of Jay Som's upcoming album, Anak Ko, means "my child" in Filipino.
Anak Ko is Jay Som's first album since 2017's Everybody Works, and was mainly conceived during a week-long trip to a solo retreat to Joshua Tree, and sees Jay Som work with Vagabon’s Laetitia Tamko, Chastity Belt’s Annie Truscott, Justus Proffitt, Boy Scouts’ Taylor Vick, as well as bandmates Zachary Elasser, Oliver Pinnell, and Dylan Allard.
Tracklist:
- If You Want It
- Superbike
- Peace Out
- Devotion
- Nighttime Drive
- Tenderness
- Anak Ko
- Crown
- Get Well
"Superbike" is out now. Anak Ko is released 23 August via Lucky Number. Jay Som plays The Garage in London on 20 November. Find out more.
Latest
- Night Moves announce first album in six years, Double Life
- Jenny Hval presents new single, "The artist is absent"
- Bobby Weir to play first London show in 22 years at Royal Albert Hall with Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
- Ezra Collective announce Future Foundation initiative for young black women in music
- Gracie Abrams releases live performance of new song, "Death Wish"
- Jerskin Fendrix returns with new single, "Jerskin Fendrix Freestyle"
- Bright Eyes and Cursive unveil mash-up single, "Recluse I Don't Have To Love"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
News
Listen
Flavours' "Ground Up" is an intoxicatingly groovy bouquet
Bedridden’s "Philadelphia Got Me Through" feels like stepping into a mosh pit of angry gymnasts
Burgeoning indie-pop group late night drive home explore the dangers of the internet in “terabyte”
Escapist alt-pop auteur Erin LeCount presents her latest labyrinthine track "Marble Arch"
Waiting for Smith's "I Like Life" is a sun-soaked gambol
Sink into a blistering shoegaze soundscape with green star’s latest track “four-o-five”
Reviews

Great Grandpa
Patience, Moonbeam
26 Mar 2025

Deafheaven
Lonely People With Power
26 Mar 2025

Perfume Genius
Glory
26 Mar 2025

IDER
Late to the World
18 Mar 2025