The Neighbourhood

Zane Lowe· Host0:00

The Neighbourhood at Apple Music Studios, the brand new album, um, called Ultrasound. Much to talk about. Good to see you, man.

Zach Abels· Guest0:06

Yeah, it's been a long time.

Zane Lowe· Host0:07

It's been a long time.

Zach Abels· Guest0:07

Yeah.

Zane Lowe· Host0:08

So it's obviously really important to you that, you know, you're showing up in all of these things, the five of you together as a band. And I just wanna sort of get a general feeling about, um, how it's felt the last couple of weeks since you guys have come back and started to tell people you're back and how it feels, Zach.

Zach Abels· Guest0:20

Um, yeah, it's definitely a mixed bag. Um, you know, it's exciting, but, you know, obviously there's, uh, yeah, you know, a lot of things in the ethos- Yeah ... kinda hovering over us right now.

Zane Lowe· Host0:34

Look, I mean, there's five of you here. Brandon is here. Three years ago that was not the case. Brandon was not in the band at that moment in time. And there is a, a- there's another situation going on here where I'm talking to the four of you with a new drummer, and at some point I'm sure that was a, that was a reality. But Brandon is here, sitting here with the band. Why is that?

Zach Abels· Guest0:52

Um, I think from our perspective, um, we've seen genuine growth and change in the last few years with Brandon. And yeah, you know, bringing him back wasn't a snap decision, I think, for us. Um, we definitely knew the type of reaction we were gonna receive. Um, but yeah, but from our perspective, we've seen genuine change. And although that doesn't excuse anything, um, we still believe that he deserves a second chance and an opportunity