HAIM

#misandry

mean but fun

I've been those guys once or twice, so I'm totally cool with laughing at the ridiculousness of it.

why'd she have to do j0rdan s. like that?

hahaha thought the same thing. did someone already say they looked the same on ilx or something? idk. but they kinda do

i like when he mouths "forever"

concept A-
execution C+

^^^

wont make me popular around here but that's basically how i feel about the band itself (except the remixes, which are all so good they make the originals seem kinda drab)

yeah, a little mean, kind of funny, not done that well

the video I mean

The band's execution could be better too, but I feel like it has been getting better and is now pretty close to awesome.

wont make me popular around here

somebody had to speak up max

Didn't realise when watching the video that the guy with the ring is Booth Jonathan from Girls. I always hated that guy!

Agree that the video does not work at all. There's something annoying about the over the top reactions of the guys and it's really grating when the Haim girls sing "I know that you're gonna be okay anyway" in that really insincere way. I'm aware I'm reading too much into just a video but it kind of put me off a song I really liked. I'm sure I'll get over it, just surprised how much I disliked it.

The video is pretty funny but the joke gets a bit repetitive. For some reason I like the song MORE now than when I previously heard it without visuals. Maybe the light-hearted nature of the video makes me perceive the song as breezy and light-hearted, whereas before that may not have been my response. Then again, maybe it's just a case of watching the video twice has enabled the song to grow on me (I had previously listened to it a few weeks ago about three times).

I'm not completely sure what the "joke" is tbh -- is it "give me a break 20-something brooklyn indie boy, this was obviously not some kind of 'forever' relationship?" Is it just funny because it's dorky looking guys getting overemotional?

Both of those, probably.

i'd say the latter

lol indie guys b*hurt over video making fun of indie guys

Song has grown on me btw

i like seeing grown men cry

Great song, annoyingly stupid video.

being an asshole in videos to sig others is awesome but only if u make it look cool imo. they should have been more derisive

I'm not completely sure what the "joke" is tbh -- is it "give me a break 20-something brooklyn indie boy, this was obviously not some kind of 'forever' relationship?" Is it just funny because it's dorky looking guys getting overemotional?

― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:00 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's also just casting guys in a scenario that is stereotypically reserved for girls

how does this compare to that avril video where she's being unnecessarily mean to that other girl?

that one makes me mad. oh, so it's OK to be a horrible bitch to this poor girl because she's typed as square? it was like the definitive ass-end of the "punk" ethos.

"if i could change your mind" is as good as any of their pre-album singles imo

I forgot how much I liked them after the EOY poll, remembered again a couple of weeks ago
don't save me is such a jam

looking forward to new album so I can listen to them endlessly

saw them in boston a few nights ago, they seemed like the most wkiw people alive, predictably. most of their new songs sounded more like led zeppelin than steely dan, but i was very much into it.

yeah don't save me is my fav, too

the wire is super catchy, seems like a song i've heard before but it's not

"if i could change your mind" is as good as any of their pre-album singles imo

― J0rdan S., Monday, August 19, 2013 10:05 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg this song

somebody at work said the wire sounds like the wanderer and it's true

title track also A++++++

god i love this band

it sounds like something else though, it is on the TIP OF MY TONGUE.

this really feels like a 1980s fleetwood mac album (in a great way) not least b/c even the filler sounds really good

wow @ "If I Could Change Your Mind."

Saw them at Glastonbury, they are really good life. Is the album out yet? Curious to know whether the studio version of "Let Me Go" is as good as the live version.

This is a great album but I'm envious of anyone who's going to hear this while being unfamiliar with the singles. Because I'm so familiar with so much of it there are relatively few wow tracks on first listen (and 'If I Can Change Your Mind' is definitely one of them). If I were coming to this completely cold there would be five or six.

The production on this is excellent by the way, there's so much going on and the sound is huge. I'd never noticed quite how deep those drums on 'Falling' are. Also, there's a moment on the title track where the drums and the 80s guitars and the vocals fall away and there's like three seconds of post-dubstep bass rumble and echo chamber synths, it's a really odd production detail but it totally works.

My wife came in yesterday and actually thought this was Fleetwood Mac.

I blame ILX for focusing my ears to the residual Eagles-ness of "The Wire," but this song is better than "Heartache Tonight" X100.

Yeah, the production is wonderful. So many details that keep me coming back, although it's weird how different the live sound is - The Wire is one of the only songs that bridges the gap.

I think the Fleetwood Mac-isms are pretty overstated by just about everyone. Not every tightly produced 80s pop/rock single was by Mac, and Haim definitely stand apart from the nostalgia hordes in 2013. I just think people don't know how to deal with new sounds anymore, especially inside familiar genres, because it doesn't happen often.

Eh, I think my respect for the Mac-isms goes deeper than facsimile. That is, this sounds like Fleetwood Mac without sounding just like Fleetwood Mac. It captures a similar vibe and attention to detail as '80s Mac. But I agree that there's a freshness and excitement to this that transcends trends. Like, I sometimes get a certain Tegan and Sara vibe from this, too, but it's just so much more easygoing than that stuff, which (lately) sticks to a particularly contemporary radio vibe. HAIM is sort of like had someone described a lot of bands to this talented group or musicians without actually playing them the music, leaving them to imagine how it sounds.

Who did produce this, the band?

Hmm, Ariel Rechtshaid. His credits are slick but diverse enough that he proved a pretty sympathetic producer! But, wow, it really could have gone any direction. I credit the band for being too awesome to ruin.

'My Song 5' is useless toss though. Not sure what possessed them to include that. Ten songs is enough.

At 2.35 on Forever there's a weird thing where the bass is pitched down for a sec, but the tempo reduces too, like a sample being played back slower. It's distracting to my ears.

xp I think band that was overly concerned about Fleetwood Mac comparisons would not have covered two Fleetwood Mac songs (Oh Well and Hold Me)

THIS ALBUM IS THE FUCKING BIZNESS

Getting a bit of a Paul Simon vibe off Honey & I.

On first listen I thought there was a big gulf in quality between the singles and (most of) the rest of the album but now I'm not so sure. They're really fucking good at doing the last minute of a pop song, all those crescendos and interweaving harmonies.

I'm on my fourth consecutive listen. Can't remember the last time I played an album this many times in a row.