Jay Som Belong

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• Half a decade after the release of her 2019 album “Anak Ko,” Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, has opened up to herself and her memories, crafting songs that recreate the sounds of her youth, drawing on her experience as a musician, producer, and performer. No previous Jay Som album sounds quite like “Belong,” a haunting 11-song set about self-definition and belonging, floating between powerful power-pop hits and hazy ballads, between electronic curiosities and uplifting anthems.

  Melina grew up listening to alternative rock outside San Francisco and memorized the hits of early 2000s pop-punk/emo as a teenager. Fittingly, it’s Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World), one of those childhood heroes, who provides backing vocals on “Float.” While Hayley Williams contributes gentle harmonies on the bouncy “