Jay Som
An indie singer/songwriter noted for her lush and textured, home-recorded production style as well as her pensive songs, Jay Som is the alias of multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte. She collected early demos and previously shared songs for her first label release, Turn Into, in 2016. Jay Som refined and expanded her stylized sound while continuing to record at home for albums including 2019's Anak Ko. In 2021, Duterte teamed up with Ellen Kempner of Palehound to form the duo Bachelor.
The child of Filipino immigrants, Duterte was born and raised in the California Bay Area. She began writing and sharing music on social media while in middle school, cycling through various monikers over time until she eventually settled on the name Jay Som. It was created with the Wu-Tang Names Generator (the same website that turned Donald Glover into Childish Gambino). As Jay Som, she posted a series of tracks in the early 2010s before issuing a collection of select songs and demos called Turn Into in early 2016. It was co-released on cassette by Wave Dweller and Topshelf Records. Jay Som soon signed with Polyvinyl, which reissued the set in July 2016 as she began work on an official debut. In the meantime, she toured the U.S. and Canada in support of indie artists including Mitski and Peter Bjorn and John.
Jay Som's first record to be conceived as an album, the self-produced Everybody Works, arrived in 2017. While it offered an upgrade in clarity, it retained an intimate, bedroom pop sound. Everybody Works spent a week on Billboard's Independent Albums chart. Later in 2017, Duterte moved south to Los Angeles, where she found a kindred spirit in lo-fi singer/songwriter Justus Proffit, and the two began writing together. The collaborative EP Nothing's Changed followed on Polyvinyl in 2018. Jay Som's sophomore full-length, Anak Ko (Filipino for "my child"), arrived on the label in 2019. While written on a solo writing retreat in Joshua Tree and produced, engineered, and mixed by Duterte alone, it was her first solo album to feature guest musicians, including Proffit, Vagabon's Laetitia Tamko, and Chastity Belt's Annie Truscott, among others. Duterte's next project was another collaboration, this time with fellow indie songwriter Ellen Kempner, better known as Palehound. The duo released Doomin' Sun under the name Bachelor in May 2021.
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Discografía
18 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Trouble (from ‘Three Months’)
Pop - Editado por EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd el 17 feb. 2022
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Anak Ko
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 23 ago. 2019
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If I Could
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por A24 Music el 10 may. 2024
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Everybody Works
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 10 mar. 2017
Pitchfork: Best New Music16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Doomin' Sun
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 28 may. 2021
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I Think You're Alright / Rush
Rock - Editado por Jay Som el 24 jun. 2016
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Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series, Vol. 1: Jay Som
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Loma Vista Recordings el 21 may. 2020
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Turn Into
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 27 ene. 2016
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Pirouette
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 26 ene. 2018
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A Thousand Words
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 20 feb. 2020
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Anything at All
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 25 feb. 2021
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Simple
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 19 feb. 2019
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Turn The Other Cheek
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 1 may. 2017
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Nothing's Changed
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 28 sep. 2018
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I See It Now
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 1 sep. 2021
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Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series, Vol. 3
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polyvinyl Records el 1 ago. 2017
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forget about it kid
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Jay Som el 4 sep. 2014
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