lol distaff beard-rock appears to have been stricken from his blog
― call all destroyer, Friday, 27 September 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
dude loves donut rock
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 27 September 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
Geoff Barrow weighs in
https://twitter.com/jetfury/status/382194599164649473
https://twitter.com/jetfury/status/383369303997050880
― monotony, Friday, 27 September 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
damn every time someone criticises this band i like them a bit more, wtf is wrong with me
― r|t|c, Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
er the band i mean
― r|t|c, Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
More interesting to me than boring old dudes is the probable double-standard w/r/t dance music - Lindstrom strikes me as no less pastichey than Haim by and large (and the Lindstrom/Christabelle album is one of the few obvious precursors to what they're doing here, at least in part) though obviously over the course of his career he's covered a lot more pastiche-ground, but it's not a criticism that tends to come up - like, we all know it but it's not something that tends to worry people.
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
Also I think Haim could stand to sound more like Shania Twain to be honest.
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
Give 'em time! They're young!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
So it's pronounced HIME? I did not know that until tonight.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
"If I Could Change Your Mind" has squatted in my brain for the last week and refuses to leave. Help!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
super super technically it's "HI-yem" but the accepted baseline pronunciation is indeed "hime"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 September 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Dad was Israeli. Name is Hebrew for "life."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 September 2013 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
Sloppy typo on the back of the CD cover
http://i.imgur.com/DOWU6fk.jpg
― nate woolls, Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
Is that the commercial release or a review copy?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Commercial
― nate woolls, Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Oooh, like l'chaim. I get it.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 28 September 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
i'm probably five years too late in thinking it's weird that bands release deluxe editions simultaneously with the official release, right?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 September 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah. but i feel you.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 29 September 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link
good stuff on the bonus disc btw (send me down might be their most forward-looking song?), but even more good stuff on youtube.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, September 28, 2013 8:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think they chose the name because it's their last name, not because of the meaning.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Sunday, 29 September 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
is this out yet
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Sunday, 29 September 2013 05:15 (ten years ago) link
Monday.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 September 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
:/ http://www.nme.com/news/haim/72930
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 September 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
Given the subject matter of "The Wire" it's possible that the dedication gesture was not quite as sincere as the article suggests.
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 September 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
APT
― lex pretend, Sunday, 29 September 2013 12:24 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p480x480/1233508_10151933090004273_1635052024_n.jpg
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 September 2013 12:44 (ten years ago) link
Well, yeah. Duh. I just meant that unlike, say, Corey Haim, whose last name is the same, this Haim comes from their father, an Israeli, which explains why it is pronounced with Hebrew inflection. I brought up the meaning as a Hebrew pronunciation reference.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 September 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
― Tim F, Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:22 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh come on
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
it's their most popular song
Flopson they did actually say "it's about you".
Not sure there's much reason for most US bands to care either way about Cameron though.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
i could be wrong in that i don't have any evidence one way or the other but HAIM don't strike me as tories
― monotony, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
i can't believe that DONT'T SAVE ME thing tho that is abominable
― monotony, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
xp ok but i mean like, it's a p amiable breakup song... not really a hardcore diss either way
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
lmao
― max, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
everyone agrees that the cyril hahn remix is idiotic, right?
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
that i can agree with, but cyril hahn's remixes in general are idiotic and pointless
― lex pretend, Sunday, 29 September 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
word
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
I'm not saying they're dissing him, I'm saying that I suspect they would have said "it's all about you" to whoever had been on the show with them.
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 September 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I've gone more than a few hours in the past two weeks without one of these songs popping into my head.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 September 2013 04:27 (ten years ago) link
I get the impression some of their detractors dislike them because they are a band that codes as indie but are much more interested in straightforward pop songcraft than being artsy and those detractors want the latter from bands who code as indie. Dummies.
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 September 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
8.3
― MarkoP, Monday, 30 September 2013 05:04 (ten years ago) link
TOO LOW
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 September 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
lol
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 September 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
also chairlift is a good point of comparison but i feel caroline has some kind of art-school visionary thing going on that's absent from haim.― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:24 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki'm relieved at the total absence of art-school visionariness going on w/HAIM, it's one of the things i like best about them― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:40 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:24 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm relieved at the total absence of art-school visionariness going on w/HAIM, it's one of the things i like best about them
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:40 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 September 2013 11:20 (ten years ago) link
I get the impression some of their detractors dislike them because they are a band that codes as indie but are much more interested in straightforward pop songcraft than being artsy and those detractors want the latter from bands who code as indie
Right, it couldn't possibly be this
The lyrics on Days Are Gone aren't necessarily built to withstand close analysis; largely, the words function to add a bit of weight to the effortless, feather-light melodies, but Haim do know how to turn a phrase. "The Wire", especially, has some of group's most effective lines..."I gave it all away/ Just so I could say that/ Well I know that you're gonna be OK anyway"
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Monday, 30 September 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
err, meant to italicize Fitzmaurice's quote but you get my drift
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Monday, 30 September 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
The obsession with "polish" is I suppose a sop to PFM's readership.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
those goddamn tastemaking eastern europeans
― 乒乓, Monday, 30 September 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
I've not heard the album yet but 'Forever' was my favourite jam a few months back and I can't believe I've seen people diss this band in the way they do.
Agree with the Chairlift comparison, if only because both bands remind me of 'Get Close'-era Pretenders (which was a 1987 family car journey staple in my childhood).
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Monday, 30 September 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
someday a real rain will come
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Monday, 30 September 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link