“Melina Duterte, the Oakland-based multi-instrumentalist who records as Jay Som, is a rock songwriter with a pop soul. That sensibility can lead to dreamy ballads like “I Think You’re Alright” and “The Bus Song,” but on “1 Billion Dogs,” Duterte sounds wide awake. The second single from her upcoming album, Everybody Works, is a track so urgent, that its first verse kicks in without even the briefes”
