Anak Ko

Today Jay Som - a.k.a. Melina Duterte - announces her sophomore album, Anak Ko, the follow-up to her breakout debut album Everybody Works, which received countless year-end list accolades in 2017, this album was completed during a week-long solo retreat to Joshua Tree. While much has changed both sonically and personally for Jay Som in the two whirlwind years since her debut, Duterte still recorded, produced, engineered and mixed this album herself at home, though this time in her newly adoptive city of Los Angeles. Released via Polyvinyl Record Co. The album’s explosive lead single “Superbike” is out now. The striking clarity of her new music reflects that shift. After months of poring over pools of demos, Duterte, now 25, essentially started over. She wrote most of her brilliant new album, Anak Ko— pronounced Ah-nuh Koh—in a burst during a self-imposed week-long solo retreat to Joshua Tree. As in the past, Duterte recorded at home (in some songs, you can hear the washer/dryer near her bedroom) and remained the sole producer, engineer, and mixer. For the first time, she recruited friends—including 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—to contribute additional vocals, drums, guitars, strings, and pedal steel. Honing in on simplicity and groove, refining her skills as a producer, Duterte cracked her sound open subtly, highlighting its best parts:

Tracks

1~1~If You Want It
1~2~Superbike
1~3~Peace Out
1~4~Devotion
1~5~Nighttime Drive
1~6~Tenderness
1~7~Anak Ko
1~8~Crown
1~9~Get Well

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Jay Som
Release Date: 23 August 2019
Genre: Alternative
Label: Pod / Inertia
Distributor: Inertia Music