The Neighbourhood announces new album

The Neighbourhood 'Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones'

The Neighbourhood, have announced their new full-length entitled Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones, will drop on September 25th via Columbia Records. The LP is the follow-up to their 2018 release, Hard To Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing. The announcement also arrives alongside the lead single and video “Cherry Flavoured.” Directed by Christopher Wilson, the animated visual is the band’s take on a classic Nickelodeon cartoon, chronicling the journey to become the silver-hued Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones.

From Jesse Rutherford:

“I wanted to speak in a different way with music,” explains Jesse. “At the end of the day, I’ve been trying to figure out what it really means. Sometimes, it’s hard for me to put it into words-even though it’s supposed to be my job with the lyrics. Chip helped me find that voice. He’s the best leader I could be for this project, for the boys, and for my friends. The Mono-Tones are the voices in my head that are always there. They can be a bit haunting and keep me up at night, but I trust their taste. In the same way I want to make the guys happy, I want to make the fans happy. To do that, I shut everything out, sat alone, found what makes me happy, and discovered my voice. The funny thing is it takes the piss out of being so serious. I don’t want to be brooding. A lot of these songs are based on major chords, so it might be a happier version of The Neighbourhood.”

“We came out of the gate pretty hot and successful with ‘Sweater Weather,’ but then I always got stuck in my head and thought, ‘How can I do it again?,'” Jesse admits. “I didn’t want to do that this time; I wanted to do something totally new. We had a plan to do the music video for ‘Middle of Somewhere,’ and I showed up in silver spandex and paint! To my surprise, it was the best move I could’ve made with the band, because they ended up liking how whacky and interesting it was. In the process, I still got to do the most Jesse thing possible. Chip was a way for me to say, ‘I’m going to do me. You’re not going to stop me’.”