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The Neighbourhood - Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones (Deluxe)
Posted: 12/12/2020 by Sam Bailey ( See All) Show:(2020) Deluxe editions are overrated in every year but 2020. The Weeknd's "After Hours", Lil Uzi Vert's "Eternal Atake", Amine's "Limbo", almost every deluxe version of albums in 2020 have been overwhelmingly good. The Neighbourhood tones it down on their deluxe release with a sparse addition of 4 songs, all with a generally different vibe. In 2020, The Neighbourhood frontman Jesse Rutherford painted himself a blinding silver and took on the role of washed-up star Chip Chrome for their most recent album, spanning themes of lost love in a wasteland, thinking you're pretty, and trying to understand whatever your relationship is with a love interest that somehow takes a political undertone (see "Here We Go Again"). The album is reminiscent of "Wiped Out!" if Chip Chrome/Jesse witnessed the rapture and was the only one left after the fallout, left with emotions from a world long gone behind him, truly a man out of time and space. Even the music videos portray Chip as a character outside of our own world, a chrome, space-age man that either fits before our time in the Wild West or far, far after us. The music itself, too, is timeless, each song never wearing out its welcome by the third consecutive listen. The album is full of palate cleansers like "Hell or High Water" and its plucky, cartoony bounce, and "The Mono-Tones" shedding light on some of the lore of the album through a high pitched filter. It's a true miracle that each song on the album didn't get too popular upon release, because the mystique of Chip and his band is best kept for those who appreciate it the most, those willing to roll with whatever Jesse Rutherford can pull out of his head each year. Enjoy "Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones" with a friend or two on a dark summer night, dancing to "Lost In Translation" around a fire, enjoy it alone under those glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling while "Pretty Boy" reminds you of that special someone who makes you feel gorgeous, enjoy it while driving around with the sunroof down while Jesse tells you just how much he's changed on "Devil's Advocate", or enjoy "Here We Go Again" on a walk in the cold winter months while your own, real-life neighborhood changes from the hectic holiday rush to a peaceful respite from the real world while Jesse croons through your headphones about just how horrible the world is outside of yours and his bubble together, which is exactly how I chose to enjoy the deluxe version of this gorgeous album. Seriously, this is a trip meant to be shared with people you care about, especially yourself. Enjoy.
Recommended If You Like: Pop-R&B, The 1975, Wallows, The Neighbourhood's "Wiped Out!"
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