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Haim are no strangers to pop’s transformative powers, nor to the heavy-handed approach of major record labels. Puzzled bloggers noted that it sounded like Shania Twain. By the time Haim released their big summer single, ‘The Wire’, it had mutated into a hammy slice of country-pop, complete with string section and Auto-Tuned coda. Their label, Polydor, no doubt sensing they might have hit the jackpot too, wheeled in big-shot producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Major Lazer, Vampire Weekend, Usher) and James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine, Simian Mobile Disco), who added more bells and whistles than you’ll find in the Hamleys window display at Christmas. They won people over with their debut EP ‘Forever’ and some rapturously received performances at 2012’s SXSW. Part of the reason the wait has seemed so long is that Este, Danielle and Alana hit the jackpot relatively early. ‘Days Are Gone’ comprises some of their best live tracks (‘Forever’, ‘The Wire’, ‘Let Me Go’) and some songs that haven’t been played live (‘If I Could Change Your Mind’, ‘Days Are Gone’, ‘My Song 5’) and lacquers them all with a thick coat of studio gloss. It will come as a shock to fans of their live show, won over by their raw mix of blues guitar, close vocal harmony and big sister Este’s ‘bass face’. In a recent NME interview, Este Haim hinted that their second album, Something To Tell You, would be “modern, exciting and fearless,” and its arrival certainly confirmed Haim to be a band for whom only the sky is the limit.After what feels like forever, the debut Haim album is finally here. Haim has continued to attract acclaim, receiving a Best New Artist nomination at the 2015 Grammy Awards and contributing to tracks on Primal Scream’s Chaosmosis. The album has since been certified gold in the UK, having also bequeathed three Top 30 hits courtesy of “Falling,” “If I Could Change Your Mind,” and the lush, seductive “The Wire.” The New York Times declared the record to be “as convincing as any major-label rock album this year” and detected mainstream pop of the quality of “early Madonna, the erotic power of Pat Benatar the breathlessness of Sheena Easton.”įans on both sides of the Atlantic readily agreed, with Days Are Gone entering the US Billboard 200 at No.6 and debuting at No.1 in the UK. Released on September 27, 2014, Days Are Gone quickly found favor with the critics. Haim initially built their reputation upon their hard-edged, guitar-driven live sound, yet their 2014 debut, Days Are Gone, was a measured, melodic affair, with the songs’ already beguiling hooks given a modern, R&B-flavored pop sheen by co-producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Madonna, No Doubt) and former Arctic Monkeys’ deskman James Ford. Profile-raising transatlantic support slots followed, with the band joining Mumford And Sons’ Gentlemen Of The Road US tour and then sharing stages with Florence + The Machine in the UK in December 2013.
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Haim soon expanded to a quartet when drummer Dash (son of Three Dog Night’s Danny) Hutton performed with the girls at the EP’s release party at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theater and took up permanent residence behind the kit.Ī series of successful shows at the prestigious SXSW Festival in Texas led to Haim signing a UK deal with Polydor in June 2013. Reuniting with her sisters, Danielle formed Haim and the trio self-released their debut EP, Forever, in February 2012. She gained valuable experience touring with Jenny Lewis and as part of Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas’ touring band before joining CeeLo Green’s all-girl backing group.
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However, after finishing high school, Danielle Haim was soon lured back into the musical fold. Despite this early breakthrough, the girls initially opted for further education over a full-time musical career, taking time over creating the songs that would appear on Haim’s 2014 debut album, Days Are Gone. Born and raised in California’s Sunshine Valley, guitarist/vocalist Danielle, bassist Este and versatile guitarist and keyboardist Alana mastered their respective instruments during their formative years Danielle and Este first cut their teeth with local pop-rock sensations the Valli Girls, whose “Always There In You” appeared on the soundtrack to the 2005 teen drama film The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. Siblings Danielle, Este, and Alana Haim are sisters who began doing it for themselves from a very early age.