The Neighbourhood (Album)

## Singles

1. "Scary Love"
Released: December 5, 2017
2. "Void"
Released: February 15, 2018
3. "Nervous"
Released: March 2, 2018

"**The Neighbourhood**" is the self-titled third studio album by American alternative band The Neighbourhood. It was released on March 9th, 2018 by Columbia Records. The album serves as the third piece in the four-part project, "Hard to Imagine the Neighbourhood Ever Changing".

## Background

On February 15th, 2018, the band had announced the album alongside the release of the first single "Void". "Nervous" had premiered on Beats 1 Radio with Zane Lowe on March 1st, 2018 as the album's second single. It was released on March 9th, the album consists on 12 songs (with four of them had previously been released on their EPs "Hard" and "To Imagine"). The deluxe edition, which was released on the same day, contains the remaining 6 songs from the EPs mentioned above.

The project utilizes sounds from their previous records and toys with 80s new wave sounds and R&B influences to create a unique and refreshing alternative pop album.

Whilst the band have made mainly indie and alternative music in past, this time they’re unapologetically experimenting with pop music on tracks like “Scary Love.” The band don’t stray too far from their signature style though, with familar acoustic drums and washed out guitars on tracks like “You Get Me So High” and “Blue.”

## Singles

The lead single, "Scary Love", had premiered on December 4, 2017 on Zane Lowe's World Record and had a proper released on digital platforms the next day. To promote the song, they performed it at The Late Late Show with James Corden on February 28, 2018 and premiered its official music video starring Tommy Wiseau on the same day as the album release on March 9, 2018. It was followed by the singles "Void" and "Nervous", which were released on February 15 and March 2, 2018 respectively.

## Artwork

The album cover for The Neighbourhood’s self-titled third studio album shows all the band members striking poses in front of a liquor store in Los Angeles, California. Each band member seems to have chosen a pose that fits their personality the best. For example, Jesse is hanging onto the sign, which could represent his energetic and extroverted personality. Zach is in a sitting position, which could match the introverted personality he appears to have.

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## Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, *The Neighbourhood* received an average score of 62, based on 4 reviews. In his review, Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album four of five stars. He ended his review stating: "When a band decides to go with an eponymously titled release several albums into an established career, it often works as a statement about reclaiming their identity, or making a new creative start. If that's the case here, the Neighbourhood have done both with their own cool aplomb." Christoper Laird of PopMatters described *The Neighbourhood*. "Musically, The Neighbourhood continues in the same realm as their past work. It's moody, down-tempo rock with a little R&B; tinge: think sad Weeknd with occasional synths leads and a little Auto-Tuned Kanye thrown in." He given the album a 6 out of 10.

However, Ian Cohen of Pitchfork gave a less positive review. Giving it a 4.7 out of 10, stating: "The Neighbourhood is as ponderous as any forgotten post-grunge also-ran record selling for one cent on Amazon."

## Trivia

* On November 2nd, 2018, both the standard and the deluxe versions had been removed from all streaming services and online platforms and was replaced with the compilation album "Hard To Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing". Despite this, physical copies of the album were still produced and sold. Most notably two songs from the album didn't make the cut in the compilation, the songs being "Revenge" and "Too Serious". The reason for that is unknown.