NOTHING’S CHANGED OUT SEPTEMBER 28 VIA POLYVINYL / INERTIA
Following the release of her debut full-length as Jay Som, 2017’s critically acclaimed Everybody Works, Multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Melina Duterte relocated from California’s Bay Area to Los Angeles. Duterte had spent the greater part of the last 2 years on the road, and while settling into her new home she found a kindred spirit in fellow LA-based singer-songwriter Justus Proffit. Though the two had never played together before, they decided to get together and record just for fun in Duterte’s home studio. This casual session quickly and unexpectedly snowballed into a collaborative EP. Justus Proffit & Jay Som will release their self-written, recorded and produced debut EP, Nothing’s Changed, on September 28th via Polyvinyl Record Co. See below for album art and track listing. Pre-order the album HERE and pre-save it on DSPs HERE.
Justus Proffit & Jay Som wrote and recorded one song per day, starting with ‘Nothing’s Changed,’ which would ultimately become the EP’s title track. Listen to the song below.
There’s a little bit of everything — garage rock, country twang, art pop — on the five songs that comprise Nothing’s Changed. “[Making Nothing’s Changed] felt more like a school project than a recording project,” says Proffit. Duterte continues, “I think we both challenged each other with each song, forcing ourselves to either stick to an idea or move on, and accept mistakes.” Having recorded all her own material to-date, Duterte oversaw tracking and mixing in her home studio (in addition to playing bass and keyboard), while Proffit handled lyrics and drums. Together, they shared guitar and vocal duties and most of the songs were tracked in one or two takes.
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Album art:
Track listing:
- Nothing’s Changed
- My World My Rules
- Tunnel Vision
- Invisible Friends
- Grow
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