The first route I took was that which clearly illustrates their 70’s rock influence. It really sets the tone for the album, which sweeps liberally between slower ballads to more optimistic, rocky anthems.Īfter a swift introduction into the girls talents the record can be somewhat cordoned off stylistically.
Days Are Gone, despite it’s juxtapositions, seems to work.ĭays Are Gone starts with the bands third single “Falling”, with it’s echoing tones and repetitive bass riff the song maintains an up beat tempo whilst contrastingly haunting. Whilst such a description might sound like the Haim sisters have simply stuck all their favourite genres in a blender, making a terrible, confusing, criminal mess the opposite is actually true. Distinctly rock anthems, R ‘n’ B grooves, glitzy 80’s pop sounding production and electronics are scattered throughout. As a result their debut album Days Are Gone has proved to be one of the most highly anticipated records of the year thus far.Īs a whole the album presents listeners with an altogether eclectic formation of genres. Now, eight years later, they are signed to Polydor and have garnered a serious amount of hype. After being weaned on classic 70’s rock and influenced by 90’s R ‘n’ B the girls’ musical talents and love of music culminated in the creation Haim in 2005. The sibling trio Este, Danielle and Alana Haim have received much praise and critical acclaim as a result of their initial breakthrough into the industry with singles Forever, Don’t Save Me, Falling and The Wire. Change your clocks accordingly, everyone, because it’s Haim time.If there is one band in the musical ether that stand for pure, unadulterated sisterhood it is the LA rockers Haim. Off the back of this debut album, all this is only the beginning. Este’s bass-face is already a staple of popular culture, and their frantic live sets are already the hot ticket. ‘Days Are Gone’ confirms what everybody already knew in fabulous style that Haim are the band to shout about. And don’t dare consign them to the territory of ‘girl band’, either. They do a lot of other things too, but in truth, the Haim sisters resist any attempts to be neatly folded up and placed in boxes. Haim meld a sassy, glossy R&B sheen with powerhouse folk melody on ‘Go Slow’, and they conjure glimmering pop foundations on ‘Forever’ that spiral upwards in strange geometric structures, built upon gasping, fragmented delivery and plunking bass. Equally, though, ‘Days Are Gone’ is the kind of album that could be piped unannounced at the nearest branch of Lakeland, and customers would still be dancing round the aisles waving non-stick silicone cupcake trays and going wild. It’s the kind of music that prompts frenzied queuing round the block, and handmade gifts hurled onto stages. Haim are the sort of band that kids looking for rock idols wielding guitars and droves of attitude want to paste amongst tattered posters on bedroom walls. Why, exactly? Because Haim look, feel, and sound like a proper band - with an inimitable, unmistakable something energising everything they touch. Haim have always generated a giddy excitement, and amid a landscape that so frequently complains of repetition, derivation and even boredom, here is a band worth undivided attention and boundless hysteria. All this doesn’t really come as a surprise. ‘Better Off’ can be heard playing everywhere from Radio 1 to the local shops. Danielle, Este and Alana Haim spent the summer performing headline-worthy sets, the pinnacle being their over-brimming tent at Reading Festival.
Indeed, just one year later, Haim are occupying double-page review spreads, and hanging out with Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne and urm, Philip Green during London Fashion Week.
Even when their ‘Forever’ EP was a wee glint flickering and barely registering on transatlantic radars, it wasn’t mere speculation to picture big things.
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