(He worked on the latter’s 2013 album, Modern Vampires of the City. The studio wizard makes sure just the right amount of urban beats are added to the R&B/grunge-flavoured standout, My Song 5, and lets The Wire and Let Me Go breathe with a sprightly Vampire Weekend vibe. Days Are Gone ’s production, however is very much rooted in the present, thanks to Ariel Rechtshaid. Danielle, Alana and Este Haim’s lyrics also focus heavily on the past - and the sisters are stuck between wanting to run away from the past ( Falling, The Wire ) and hoping for a return to previous glories ( Don’t Save Me ). Their pop-rock debut, Days Are Gone, is a sunny, boppy, occasionally folky affair - with hints of tartness, thanks to the trio’s vocals, which all sound like a variation of Kate Bush and Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie. She faces strong competition from Haim, three California sisters in their 20s. Days Are Gone is an album of 11 stadium-worthy singles, each band member rushing to the next hook with the zeal of a solider throwing herself over a bomb to protect the battalion.
Lorde isn’t the only contender in this year’s rising star sweepstakes. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. HAIM emulates an ethereal yet thick,molasses-rich sound that is simultaneously able to easily transform from day-time background soundtrack (most notable ‘Let Me Go’ and ‘The Wire’) to Saturday-night-ready, bass-laden, danceable tracks (‘Forever’ and ‘Days Are Gone’).
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