The Neighbourhood

American rock band formed in 2011 in Newbury Park, California, The Neighbourhood consists of Jesse James Rutherford (vocals), Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels (guitars), Michael Margott (bass) and Brandon Fried (drums, who replaced Bryan Sammis in 2014). The band signed to Columbia Records and released "Female Robbery", their first single, in 2012, before following it up with the Thank You EP. Their first big hit, "Sweater Weather", was released the same year, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2013 saw the release of the album I Love You (#25 in the U.S., #70 in the U.K.). Two years later, the band released Wiped Out! (#13 in the U.S.), followed in 2018 by The Neighbourhood (#61), featuring the hit "Softcore", which reached #51 in the U.K. charts. In 2018, the band takes stock of its career with the compilation Hard to Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing, before continuing with Chip Chrome & the Mono-Tones (2020), which fails to enter the Billboard 200. The band went on hiatus in 2022, returning in 2025 with the album Ultrasound, supported by the title track "Private".