To prove this point, she estimates the band recorded their new single “The Wire” upwards of 20 times. “We’re pretty much the biggest perfectionists,” offers Alana. The group credits album delays both to their heavy touring regiment as well as their obsessive streak in the studio. “I think if we could we’d put it out tomorrow,” Este says of the 11-track album, which the group recorded over the better of a year in Los Angeles during gaps from their non-stop touring schedule. People dangle a lot of stuff in front of you…there were times where we were like, ‘Shit, we should just put it out already.'”īut now with the album having an official release date – September 30th, to be exact – the Haim girls are more than ready for it to be unleashed upon the public. “It took a lot of strength for us to say we wanted to wait. “Everyone was like, ‘Are you gonna put it out? Are you gonna do it?'” chatty guitarist-keyboardist Alana, the youngest member of the trio at 21, says of the band’s forthcoming debut album, Days Are Gone. Yet while many groups would be quick to capitalize on such of-the-moment hype – the sort of relentessly positive chatter that’s surrounded Haim ever since they released their critically praised Forever EP in February of last year – the trio made a point to take their time perfecting their forthcoming debut album. (So hot, in fact, that Lollapalooza thought it wise to push back their Saturday set to later in the day.) Their harmony-laced sound is drawing comparisons to Fleetwood Mac, Wilson Phillips and yes, even TLC. Why wouldn’t she want to? Haim are currently one of the hottest young rock acts on the planet. “I will do this until my tits are at my knees.” “Ya know what? I don’t give a fuck,” she adds. She pauses, realizing that may have come off a bit well, complain-y and corrects herself.
“What’s a day off?” says Este, 27, the bassist, eldest and most crass member of the group. They’ve been in Chicago since Wednesday, but the sibling rockers, whose music has drawn rave reviews from the Strokes, Rihanna and Mumford & Sons, have had little time to take in their surroundings. It’s Saturday afternoon at Lollapalooza, and the Haim sisters – Este, Alana and Danielle – are sitting backstage.
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