Jesse Rutherford - & (2017)

California native Jesse James Rutherford is a singer and actor known as lead singer of the alt-pop group the Neighbourhood, as well as for his solo material. Having embarked on a career in show business as a child actor in the early 2000s, he made his Billboard debut when his band hit the Top 15 with the song "Sweater Weather" in 2013, and released his first solo record, &, in 2017.

Born in Newbury Park in the greater Los Angeles area in the early '90s, Rutherford began earning film credits around the age of ten, winning supporting roles in films such as 2002’s Life or Something Like It and Bundy. He appeared on an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, also in 2002, and continued to earn bit parts. By the late 2000s, he had begun singing in local bands, and in the early 2010s, he recorded a handful of collaborative songs under the hip-hop alias Jesse James.

In 2011, Rutherford co-founded genre-blending pop group the Neighbourhood, who presented a mix of atmospheric indie rock, electronica, and hip-hop beats with melodic, R&B-inflected vocals. With Rutherford singing lead, he was joined by guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, bassist Michael Margott, and drummer Brandon Fried. In 2012, the Neighbourhood released the EP I'm Sorry…, featuring such singles as "Sweater Weather" and "Female Robbery." The songs gained considerable attention online and helped build interest in the group. Two more EPs followed in 2013, leading up to the release of their full-length debut I Love You. Buoyed by continued interest in "Sweater Weather," which climbed to number 14 in the Hot 100, as well as the single "Afraid," the album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top Alternative Albums chart. The following year, the group's long-delayed mixtape album, #000000 & #FFFFFF, appeared as a free download online. Included on the release was the single "icanteven," featuring French Montana. In 2015, the Neighbourhood returned their sophomore full-length album, the Justyn Pilbrow-produced Wiped Out!, which peaked at number one on Billboard's Top Alternative Albums chart and spawned several singles including "R.I.P. 2 My Youth," "The Beach," and "Daddy Issues." The Hard EP followed in September 2017 and cracked the Billboard 200 as a surprise release.

Just two months later, Rutherford made his solo debut with &, a set of equally eclectic pop issued by Columbia Records. ~ Marcy Donelson & Matt Collar

Track List:
01. Born to Be Blonde (02:50)
02. Pretty Illusion (02:21)
03. Barbie & Ken (02:52)
04. I Think We Should Stay in Love (02:37)
05. Bff (02:58)
06. Bloom Later (02:40)
07. Drama (03:32)
08. Idk (03:45)
09. Dime & Dog (03:11)
10. Blame (03:38)
11. Guinea Pig (02:12)

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