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Jay Som is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Yo La Tengo, Alanis Morissette, Jimmy Eat World, My Bloody Valentine and Carly Rae Jepsen. Those roots explain a lot about how Jay Som arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Snocaps, Hatchie, Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast and Hannah Jadagu, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Palehound, boygenius, Japanese Breakfast, Bombay Bicycle Club and Paramore, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Jay Som, reaching back through Yo La Tengo and forward to Palehound. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Melina Mae Cortez Duterte, better known by her stage name Jay Som, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and mixing engineer. Initially presenting an indie rock sound, she released her debut studio album Turn Into in mid-2016. She followed this with Everybody Works in 2017, Anak Ko in 2019, and Belong in 2025.
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Jay Som connections
Jay Som grew out of Yo La Tengo, Alanis Morissette, Jimmy Eat World and My Bloody Valentine, shares an orbit with Snocaps, Hatchie, Soccer Mommy and Japanese Breakfast, went on to shape Palehound, boygenius, Japanese Breakfast and Bombay Bicycle Club. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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