I Love You. by Neighbourhood

I Love You., the debut album from Newbury Park, California's the Neighbourhood, dropped on Columbia on April 22, 2013, after a pair of EPs, I'm Sorry... and Thank You, had built the buzz. Emile Haynie produced, with Jesse Rutherford singing, Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels on guitars, Mikey Margott on bass and Bryan Sammis on drums.

It's moody, monochrome stuff, all angst and late-night gloom, and Rutherford's words often arrived on the spot, the first time he heard a track, which gives them a raw, unforced feel. Critics shrugged; Metacritic's average landed at 48. But "Sweater Weather", the third single, climbed to No. 14 on the Hot 100, the album's only song to get there, and came surging back on radio and Spotify nearly a decade later. "Afraid" is the other track the countdowns hung on to.

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