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.
Dad was Israeli. Name is Hebrew for "life."
― 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
The best part: neither act has recorded its "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?"
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Hah!
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Monday, 30 September 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, otm
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 September 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
I can't stop listening to "I Can't Change Your Mind," and I'm amazed that after a year and a half of giving us awesome stuff pretty regularly they still had a song as good as this one of their sleeves. Maybe my favorite Haim track so far.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 September 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
that's the earworm
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
der, "If I Could Change Your Mind" rather.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 September 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
The lyrics on this record are very well put together, smh at fitzmaurice's airy dismissal of them
it's a very "oh i broke up with this dude but you know what, i'm not gonna wallow, i'm okay, i am woman hear me roar" sort of record, idk i'm into that
― monotony, Monday, 30 September 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
i watched that letterman performance - does the bassist maybe have some form of tourette's? not trying to dis, i know what it's like to have tics and make weird faces when you play.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 30 September 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Bass face.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 September 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
i know bass face and that's not just bass face
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 30 September 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Bass Face Extreme.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 September 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
Xtreme.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 September 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
The Chairlift comparison is interesting because I love I Belong in Your Arms but the rest of that album was uniformly good and thus disappeared into the background for me as competent but the HAIM album I'm loving front to back even though there are clear highs. They both project that sort of competent-musicians-making-songs-reminiscent-of-a-particular-time vibe and I can't figure out if HAIM just has stronger songs or what
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
more personality for sure
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot (seandalai), Monday, 30 September 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
Both albums were very labored-over, but only the Chairlift one sounds like it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 September 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link