Bay Area-based artist Jay Som - a.k.a. multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte - released her stunning break-out album Everybody Works earlier this year. The record debuted on the Billboard Independent Album and Heatseekers charts, and earned her a "Best New Music" review from Pitchfork, as well as international accolades from the likes of New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, Rolling Stone and many more. Today, Duterte shares a music video for Everybody Works highlight "One More Time, Please."
Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz
“We wanted to honor the heaviness of Melina’s lyrics by channeling the essence of madness many feel while attempting to live up to societal standards, behaviors or even personal obsessions. This madness can become mentally and physically enslaving. We follow the main character as she attempts to satisfy these standards/obsessions until she realizes her obsession with such is more of an internalized threat. This realization of her own obsessive state guides her to find her own peace of mind and acceptance of herself.”
Everybody Works is out now via Polyvinyl Records (N.A.)/Double Denim (EU/UK/Japan). Purchase on vinyl, CD, cassette or digitally HERE.
North American Tour Dates:
5/28/17 - The Gorge, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
6/3/17 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
6/6/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
6/8/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Northside Festival w/ Dirty Projectors, Kamasi Washington
6/9/17 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
6/11/17 - Chicago, IL @ Green Music Fest
6/17/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Phono Del Sol Festival
7/29/17 - Detroit, MI @ MO POP Festival
8/3+4/17 - Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon Festival
9/9/17 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
9/10/17 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
9/11/17 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
9/13/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Back Room
9/14/17 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
9/16/17 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
9/19/17 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
9/22/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
9/23/17 - Washington D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel
9/24/17 - Raleigh/Durham, NC @ Local 506
9/25/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
9/27/17 - Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
9/29/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/30/17 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar