The Neighbourhood

The Neighbourhood (‘THE NBHD’) is an American alternative rock band formed in California in 2011. The band is consists of five talented young boys . Jesse Rutherford as the vocalist, Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels as the guitarists, Mikey Margott as the bassist, and lastly, Brandon Fried as the drummer.

Until today, The Neighbourhood has released three EPs – ‘I’m Sorry…’, ‘The Love Collection’ and ‘Thank You’. In 2013, The NBHD released their first album ‘I Love You’. After that album, they released a mixtape titled ‘#000000 & #FFFFFF’ which is the HEX color codes for black and white, respectively. Their newest album which is their second album, Wiped Out!, was released on October 30, 2015.

Their top famous song, Sweater Weather, from the album ‘I Love You’ which was produced in 2012 was ranked first in US as the most popular Alternative song in 2012. Afraid, which is one of their top famous songs, was ranked fourth in the same category in 2013 and this song is also from the same album.

The band’s fan base keeps growing day by day because of their uniquely-dark song and meaningful lyrics that relates to the youth today.

Other than their uniquely-dark music and meaningful lyrics, their theme which is ‘black and white’ is also one of the main points that people like about this amazing band. The band views themes as a lost art, so that is the reason they really want to use ‘black and white’ as their theme. Jesse, the vocalist of The Neighbourhood stated that it’s not a selfish thing, it's honestly to show other people who want to make music, and to show ourselves, that you can stick to something.