The Neighbourhood is an American alternative rock/dark pop band that formed… Read Full Bio ↴The Neighbourhood is an American alternative rock/dark pop band that formed in Newbury Park, California, USA in August 2011. The band consists of Jesse Rutherford, Jeremy Freedman, Zach Abels, and Mikey Margott. Brandon Fried (drums) was kicked out of the band on November 15 2022 after groping allegations. Bryan Sammis (drums) left the group in January 2014.
The band released their first EP, I'm Sorry... in January 2013, where their single Sweater Weather reached #1 in the U.S. Alternative Tracks and #8 on the U.S. Rock Tracks and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted at #68 in Canada. Their first album, I Love You. was released on April 23, 2013.
In early 2012 a mysterious band appeared online. The group, The Neighbourhood, revealed no biographical information, no photos and no backstory, offering only a moody track titled "Female Robbery." Fans and the press were confounded, scouring the Internet for any information that might lead them to the identity of these musicians. Pieces of the puzzle, some reflecting reality and some not so much, began to emerge. The Neighbourhood were a quintet. They were from California despite the British spelling of their name. They had a second track, "Sweater Weather," which had an accompanying -- and equally dark -- video.
Although The Neighbourhood's identity remained hazy, it became clear that the music they were making felt transformative to critics and fans alike. The evocative combination of rock instruments with R&B and hip-hop aesthetics seemed, in many ways, revelatory, a reimagining of sounds that seemed to make people clamour for more information with even greater fervour. In April, BBC Radio One DJ Zane Lowe, an early champion of the group, let it slip that The Neighbourhood was the handiwork of musician Jesse Rutherford, a resident of Newbury Park, CA. By early May, as the band unveiled a free, self-released EP titled "I'm Sorry," it became understood that the identity of this young band was, ultimately, secondary to the music itself.
So who is The Neighbourhood? In essence, the group, which was formed in August 2011, is a collection of five friends who make music together. They're headed by Rutherford, a 21-year-old singer who has dabbled in various genres, including hip-hop, before crafting the merge of sounds that categorizes The Neighbourhood's style. Their debut EP was produced by Justyn Pilbrow, who brought Emile Haynie on board to collaborate on "Female Robbery." The EP, recorded at the end of last year, is composed of shadowy, emotional music with visuals to match. And it's all part of the band's master plan.
"I always have a strong vision before I go into anything," Rutherford says. "I don't know how to make music any other way. It was all in my head, and that vision for the music was to make hip-hop beats with guitars and I was going to sing and rap over them. We wanted to do that hip-hop aesthetic on an indie platform."
"I'm Sorry," a five-song disc, is a precursor to the band's debut album, which is also being produced by Pilbrow and Haynie. The album, expected out in March 2013, will expand the group's moody sensibility, which pairs brooding layers of instrumentals with Rutherford's hip-hop-inspired croon. The style, which the band has dubbed "black and white" due to its confident inspirations, is based largely on rhythm, as evidenced by the EP. "When I started in music I started doing drums and then I started doing vocals," Rutherford explains. "And then I combined the two together because to me rapping is just rhythmic vocals. I think the rhythm of hip-hop is really what got me into it. It's not just words being said; it's about how the words are said."
In the end, all you need to know about The Neighbourhood is in that music and in those words. There are more facts, more pieces of the puzzle, more information to unveil. But what's the fun in being given the full picture when you can slowly discover it for yourself? It's better to leave some mystery lingering. Because, after all, it's that unknowing that brought The Neighbourhood to people's attention to begin with.
The band released their first EP, I'm Sorry... in January 2013, where their single Sweater Weather reached #1 in the U.S. Alternative Tracks and #8 on the U.S. Rock Tracks and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted at #68 in Canada. Their first album, I Love You. was released on April 23, 2013.
In early 2012 a mysterious band appeared online. The group, The Neighbourhood, revealed no biographical information, no photos and no backstory, offering only a moody track titled "Female Robbery." Fans and the press were confounded, scouring the Internet for any information that might lead them to the identity of these musicians. Pieces of the puzzle, some reflecting reality and some not so much, began to emerge. The Neighbourhood were a quintet. They were from California despite the British spelling of their name. They had a second track, "Sweater Weather," which had an accompanying -- and equally dark -- video.
Although The Neighbourhood's identity remained hazy, it became clear that the music they were making felt transformative to critics and fans alike. The evocative combination of rock instruments with R&B and hip-hop aesthetics seemed, in many ways, revelatory, a reimagining of sounds that seemed to make people clamour for more information with even greater fervour. In April, BBC Radio One DJ Zane Lowe, an early champion of the group, let it slip that The Neighbourhood was the handiwork of musician Jesse Rutherford, a resident of Newbury Park, CA. By early May, as the band unveiled a free, self-released EP titled "I'm Sorry," it became understood that the identity of this young band was, ultimately, secondary to the music itself.
So who is The Neighbourhood? In essence, the group, which was formed in August 2011, is a collection of five friends who make music together. They're headed by Rutherford, a 21-year-old singer who has dabbled in various genres, including hip-hop, before crafting the merge of sounds that categorizes The Neighbourhood's style. Their debut EP was produced by Justyn Pilbrow, who brought Emile Haynie on board to collaborate on "Female Robbery." The EP, recorded at the end of last year, is composed of shadowy, emotional music with visuals to match. And it's all part of the band's master plan.
"I always have a strong vision before I go into anything," Rutherford says. "I don't know how to make music any other way. It was all in my head, and that vision for the music was to make hip-hop beats with guitars and I was going to sing and rap over them. We wanted to do that hip-hop aesthetic on an indie platform."
"I'm Sorry," a five-song disc, is a precursor to the band's debut album, which is also being produced by Pilbrow and Haynie. The album, expected out in March 2013, will expand the group's moody sensibility, which pairs brooding layers of instrumentals with Rutherford's hip-hop-inspired croon. The style, which the band has dubbed "black and white" due to its confident inspirations, is based largely on rhythm, as evidenced by the EP. "When I started in music I started doing drums and then I started doing vocals," Rutherford explains. "And then I combined the two together because to me rapping is just rhythmic vocals. I think the rhythm of hip-hop is really what got me into it. It's not just words being said; it's about how the words are said."
In the end, all you need to know about The Neighbourhood is in that music and in those words. There are more facts, more pieces of the puzzle, more information to unveil. But what's the fun in being given the full picture when you can slowly discover it for yourself? It's better to leave some mystery lingering. Because, after all, it's that unknowing that brought The Neighbourhood to people's attention to begin with.
Say My Name%01Cry Me a River
The Neighbourhood Lyrics
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby
I love you" if you ain't runnin' game
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name
Any other day, I would call, you would say
"Baby, how's your day?" but
Today ain't the same
Every other word is "Uh huh, yeah, okay"
Could it be that you are at
The crib with another lady?
And if you took it there, first of all
Let me say
I am not the one to sit around and be played
So prove yourself to me
I'm the one that you claim
Why don't you say the things
You said to me yesterday
I know that you said that I'm assuming things
If something's going down
That's the way it seems
It shouldn't be the reason
Why you actin' strange
If nobody's holding you back from me
'Cause I know how you usually do
When you say everything to me times two
Why can't you just tell the truth?
If somebody's there, then tell me who
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby, why the sudden?
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name
I know they say that some
Things are better left unsaid
And it wasn't like you only talked
To him and you know it oh, no, no
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
But you don't have to say just what you did
I already know, I found out from him
Now, there's just no chance for you and me
And there'll never be so don't
It make you sad you told me you loved me
Why did you leave me all alone?
Now, you tell me you need
Me when you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse
You must have me confused with some other guy
Your bridges were burned and now
It's your turn to cry
So cry me a river just cry me a river
Just cry me a river, oh, no
Just cry me a river cry me, cry me
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say no, no, no
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name
Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby
I love you" if you ain't runnin' game
Any other day, I would call, you would say
"Baby, how's your day?" but
Today ain't the same
Every other word is "Uh huh, yeah, okay"
Could it be that you are at
The crib with another lady?
And if you took it there, first of all
Let me say
I am not the one to sit around and be played
So prove yourself to me
I'm the one that you claim
Why don't you say the things
You said to me yesterday
I know that you said that I'm assuming things
If something's going down
That's the way it seems
It shouldn't be the reason
Why you actin' strange
If nobody's holding you back from me
'Cause I know how you usually do
When you say everything to me times two
Why can't you just tell the truth?
If somebody's there, then tell me who
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby, why the sudden?
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name
I know they say that some
Things are better left unsaid
And it wasn't like you only talked
To him and you know it oh, no, no
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
But you don't have to say just what you did
I already know, I found out from him
Now, there's just no chance for you and me
And there'll never be so don't
It make you sad you told me you loved me
Why did you leave me all alone?
Now, you tell me you need
Me when you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse
You must have me confused with some other guy
Your bridges were burned and now
It's your turn to cry
So cry me a river just cry me a river
Just cry me a river, oh, no
Just cry me a river cry me, cry me
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say no, no, no
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name
Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river
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