HAIM

There are two basslines, one in each channel.

In a press release, Danielle Haim writes, “I started the song when I found out my partner had cancer. I was on tour and felt like I was trying to send positive energy his way almost telepathically. Whenever I would come home in between shows I wanted to be his sunshine—his summer when he was feeling dark. His hope when he was feeling hopeless.” She also noted on Twitter that the song was inspired by Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.”

see i was thinking they might've gotten it from Can I Kick It
anyways, this is very nice

apparently lou reed even gets a writing credit!

it's very trendy these days

i liked the last album a lot more than most but this is the sort of thing that would have been really nice to have had on it

Re: the songwriting credits I suppose it’s necessary in a post « Blurred Lines » musicworld.

This feels even slighter than the stuff on the last album to me.

Best thing they've ever done, i'm amazed. Really love it. And the vid.

Luscious Jackson vibes!

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This has pried loose the who-does-this-remind-me-of that was lodged in my brain: Kostars! Could almost be an outtake from Klassics with a K.

really like this a lot!

Anyone know what street that is in LA ?

Yeah, they're walking down Melrose, just east of Gower.

also I think at least part of it was filmed at the New Beverly Cinema on Beverly Blvd

(Yeah, my cite refers to the shot starting around 0:58... the scene changes later.)

Yeah Beverly Blvd, the street with the New Bev cinema in it; that's the one in the clip. I wonder if those are real New Bev hats. I want one.

https://ew.com/music/2019/07/31/haim-summer-girl-music-video/

The last shot is walking east down Ventura Blvd. in Studio City near Laurel Canyon.

HAIM Migrates North

It's probably just a coincidence, but they go from walking by a movie studio (Paramount), to a theater (New Beverly), to a bookstore (B&N) — tracing the Hollywood chain of production, consumption, and (finally) novelization.

Not interested in the music at all. Purely an exercise in location

Underlying rights > distribution rights > ancillary rights. Circle of life

https://goo.gl/maps/ujCc3Jqu62Sezqor5

also, the bookstore used to be a movie theatre.

I like the music!

Not interested in the music at all. Purely an exercise in location

― calstars, Thursday, August 1, 2019 5:13 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago

fuck you

Thought for a moment they'd got Marouane Fellaini to play the saxophone guy in the video.

another new one, another PTA video

https://youtu.be/G-UnzRM24IM

fuck, I haven't liked a song from them this much in a long time

this is incredible

rhythm of the verse melody reminded me of "i want you" by savage garden, i'm not complaining

omg I thought of the same too

is that ariel rechtshaid sitting next to danielle in the last shot?

lol i got the savage garden thing too

third time through and I literally started crying

this is very good but it's almost distracting how much the verse sounds like "i want you"

Mentioned already but it does sound a lot like Savage Garden, even moreso than how the last one sounded like Lou Reed. A

no the last one was a deliberate lift of "walk on the wild side," i'm pretty sure it sounds more like lou reed than this sounds like savage garden

the production reminds me of CRJ? anyway this is good and I'm glad it's not another Vampire Weekend sonic cousin

It reminds me of a Savage Garden, but with a mix of "I Love You Always Forever" as opposed to Roxette.

it's good!

The way they embrace minimalism seems pretty unique (caveat: have to admit I'm pretty divorced from modern alt-pop)

Whenever they use a skittering rhythm track that forces them to go almost breathless, I swoon.

but then I liked Something to Tell You more than most, I think.

something to tell you remains quite underrated

agree that this track is very "i love you always forever" too

Let's put it this way: the Jennifer Paige of "Crush" would've killed this too.

Well whatever the influence is I love how it sounds on them.

Thought it was a cover of Bootylicious before the vocals came in.

Yeah that rhythmic chug def has "Edge of 17" vibes, albeit thinner.

Feel like this new one is their best track to date

Very "Edge of 17" indeed !
And they also still have some VW gimmicks (the synth choir, the piano) which is normal since Batmanglij is on the production team.

now that's a bridge

Now that's more like it.