The Neighbourhood - I Love You - CD Review

The Neighbourhood

I Love You - CD Review

I Love You

Alternative

11 Tracks

45:50 min

$8.99 on iTunes

While I like this album I can't say that I love this album. Typically something I do is get in the car and crank the music up whenever I buy a new CD. The audio on the CD is superb, nice highs and nice lows. There is a lot going on in this music. The openings are very surreal and very catchy, but lyrically this CD falls a bit short. A few songs have great hooks but many other's fall flat. Songs like Let It Go and Staying Up, are catchy, sound good, and are overall just great music. While songs like Flawless feel a bit "Eh". W.D.Y.W.F.M or lyrically What Do You Want From Me, is a great, interesting way to title what could have been a long and arduous title name, interesting and I like that. A little part of me doesn't understand why Afraid seems to be the trending song on this album while song's like Let It Go seem, to me, to be so much better. Like I said I like this album, but I didn't love this album. 

I Love You

7 out of 10

The Neighbourhood - I'm Sorry… - EP - CD Review

The Neighbourhood

I'm Sorry… - EP - CD Review

I’m Sorry... - EP

Alternative

5 Tracks

24:43 min

$4.65 on iTunes

The first time I heard this band I shazam'ed it right away. The song was Sweater Weather, and it has such a catchy beat I just had to have it. Unfortunately the only thing they had out at the time was the I'm Sorry... EP, along with another EP that only had two songs on it. Boy, was I ever surprised when I found out that this extended play album was incredibly good. After listening to the songs on what must've seemed like an infinite repeat for my girlfriend, I realized that the singer was male and not female. This had turned into such a heated discussion that we were trying to prove each other wrong. Unfortunately I was wrong and I feel even dumber knowing that the very first line on the song, Sweater Seather was.

"All I am, is a man." Which needless to say is very embarrassing, but the guy's voice is beautiful, almost like listening to the vocals of classic soul music. During my time listening to this album I also fell in love with the song Female Robbery, which was definitely a standout on this CD.

I’m Sorry... - EP

8 out of 10