Jay Som - Belong Vinyl LP:Lavender sky swirl recorded and produced entirely by

recorded and produced entirely by Tenor in his apartment

suspenseful electronica

Difficult to find a more basic album cover than this

and exotica-adjacent jazz artists such as Cal Tjader and Dorothy Ashby

I wanted to write a record that kept a sunny sound but was more anxious lyrically

Jay Som - Belong Vinyl LP:Lavender sky swirl recorded and produced entirely byLetting the half decade of life and work since releasing 2019's Anak Ko filter not only into her songs but also her process, Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, has opened up her music to herself and her memories, writing songs that revisit the sounds of her youth with the benefit of her experience as a musician, producer, and performer. No previous Jay Som album sounds quite like Belong, a gripping 11 song set about self definition and, well, belonging,