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. Reviewed By: Nate Adams About two thirds the way through Haim’s debut album, Days Are Gone, something kind of nuts happens.The trio of sisters abandon their classically-constructed pop sound in favor of a bass so low it’s almost comical and a straightforward attempt to create a song that Beyonce might make.
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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