Recorded mostly in HAIM's native Los Angeles, the album sees sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim working alongside acclaimed producers Ariel Re. There is nothing cool about Haim’s music, and that’s why it’s so refreshing.Days Are Gone is the highly anticipated debut album from breakout band HAIM. While many of their contemporaries engaged in a contest to find the most obscure influences, and ’80s revivalists sucked synth-pop and new wave dry, the Haim sisters dug up the decade’s biggest, poppiest sounds and fashioned a captivating debut album out of them. Days Are Gone sounds all the more unusual precisely because it’s so mainstream a list of their influences – Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins, En Vogue, Shania Twain – looks like a glance at the Top 40 from about 25 years before the album’s release. Likewise, these songs revel in that era’s sometimes-cheesy flourishes without a trace of irony, and the gated drums, gleaming synths, and muted guitars that dominate Days Are Gone haven’t sounded so good since their original heyday. Not that Haim’s approach is unstudied the trio obviously did their homework to revive and embody these sounds so perfectly, and it took them five years of recording and re-recording these songs until they had just the right mix of smoothness and immediacy.
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The hard work paid off: Days Are Gone is full of should-be hits like “The Wire,” which boasts a big, fist-pumping beat and sassy guitar licks (they can only be called that).
Compared to the thin voices of so many 2010s pop stars, singer Danielle Haim’s rich alto only adds to the group’s throwback feel, but like her sisters, she’s remarkably versatile. Over the course of the album, Haim captures and explores the nuances within the styles they’re reviving: there’s the sweet soft rock of “Honey & I” or “Don’t Save Me,” the title track’s tight synth-pop, and the dark, driving territory of “Let Me Go” and “My Song 5,” which, with its slinky melody and hard-hitting beats, makes the most of the trio’s much-touted R&B influences. This song, along with much of Days Are Gone, features production by Ariel Rechtshaid, whose work with Usher and Vampire Weekend proves he has the breadth to help Haim unite their ideas into a coherent sound. Still, it’s the writing that ultimately prevents Days Are Gone from being just an extremely accurate exercise in nostalgia. The best moments here, such as the bookends “Falling” and “Running If You Call My Name,” would be great pop songs regardless of when they sound like they’re from. A debut album that could pass for a greatest-hits collection, Days Are Gone will provide musical comfort food for some, and possibly an introduction to irony-free pop for others.Ever since Haim dropped their debut EP Forever early in 2012, their buzz has been real. Since then, the hype for the three San Fernando Valley sisters has increased exponentially. I can gladly say they exceeded all expectations with the release of their LP aptly titled Days Are Gone.
The trio’s first full length album is a diverse concoction of influences. From indie, soft rock, and pop to RnB and punk, the girls manage to create their own unique sound. The first three tracks off the album will be familiar to anyone who has gotten to know the band over the years, but that certainly isn’t a bad thing. Standout tracks on the album include ‘The Wire,’ a stadium ready rock song, ‘Days Are Gone’ a modern take on indie disco, the riff heavy ‘My Song 5’, and the RnB influenced ‘Let Me Go’. Overall, the sisters have really outdone themselves with this release. I was lucky enough to catch them live at Treasure Island Festival last week, and wow…they are truly something to witness live. Their energy and stage presence is something you need to be a part of first hand.
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Listen free to HAIM Days Are Gone (Falling, Forever and more). Haim has nowhere to go but up, and I plan on seeing them topping festivals as a regular in the future. Days Are Gone is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Haim. It was released on September 27, 2013, by Polydor Records.
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