Between 2016’s Turn Into and 2017’s Everybody Works, Jay Som (aka Melina Duterte) transformed from a self-releasing Bandcamp artist into an indie rockstar. On Everybody Works, she polished the raw edges and hushed prose of her bedroom pop tapes into one of the year’s best rock records; after that, she moved from Oakland to Los Angeles, where she was introduced to singer-songwriter Justus Proffit. The two instantly hit it off, and a casual jam session turned into the collaborative EP Nothing’s Changed, a spontaneous set of songs that incorporates elements of garage rock, country, and art-pop.

The sprightly title track opens with a heavy, collective sigh, a precursor to the ruminative track that’s to come. Though the song is about the inevitable passage of time, there’s a warm indifference in Proffit’s lyrics: “Days turn to night/Cut the silence with a knife/Let it echo all your life and now it’s gone.” Duterte’s soft background vocals—set against sharp guitar twang, barreling drums, and patient bass—anchor his folksy delivery. Their voices have a pleasant and natural contrast—her smoother tone melds well with his deeper register. That element carries to their relaxed instrumental, which is the middle ground between Profitt’s earthy instincts and Jay Som’s lo-fi sensibility. The chemistry between Proffit and Duterte is perfectly natural, and “Nothing’s Changed” is as cozy and easygoing as an indie rock song can be.