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Feb 02, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Jay Som

Bay Area singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jay Som (aka Melina Duterte) has shared a new song, “Hot Bread.” The song is part of Amazon Music’s Valentine’s Day-timed “Love Me, Love Me Not” playlist, which yesterday gave us “Up On a Mountain of Love,” a new song by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs. Listen to “Hot Bread” below, via NPR.

Duterte tells NPR that the song is about a one night stand with a former lover. She also had this to add: “My new microphone arrived just in time to track the song. The warm and dry ‘70s tone inspired me to make a chill but optimistic arrangement with simple lyrics…. I also named the song after one of my favorite things in the world.”

Jay Som released a fantastic album, Everybody Works, last March via Polyvinyl. (It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017.) Last week she released, via Polyvinyl, the new Pirouette 7-inch featuring two songs recorded during the Everybody Works sessions that didn’t make the album. Previously she shared both its A-side, “Pirouette,” and B-side, “O.K., Meet Me Underwater.”

Read our 2017 Pleased to Meet You interview with Jay Som.

Jay Som Tour Dates:

02/15 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos #%
02/16 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret #%
02/17 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom @ Sabertooth Micro Fest
02/19 - Reno, NV @ The Holland Project #%
02/21 - San Jose, CA @ The Ritz #%
02/22 - San Francisco, CA @ Gray Area Art & Technology Theater @ Noise Pop #%
02/23 - Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s #%
02/24 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House #%
06/15 - Dublin, Ireland @ Donnybrook Stadium $

# w/ Japanese Breakfast
% w/ Hand Habits
$ w/ The National

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