HAIM

The track they do with Cudi on his new album ("Red Eye") is shamefully good.

warming to this band a lot. I think I didn't really dig their presence in the videos much, but the songwriting and production is great. Comes from a similar place to Francis and the Lights -- highly emo, painstakingly crafted, 80s-tinged pop.

lol just realized I used almost exact same description upthread

oh and also that lindstrom/prins remix of forever is tight

They're coming to Merriweathr Post this summer, but opening for something called Of Monsters and Men.

hey!

Of Monsters and Men

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.starpulse.com/news/Dave_Simpson/2013/06/30/primal_scream_bring_haim_onstage_at_gl

lol, starpulse was just the first thing that came up in google news search. I don't know why I didn't pick a better story to link.

here's a live clip from Glastonbury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmes5nAOUa4

more here
https://www.youtube.com/user/fallingforhaim?feature=watch

impressive performance

and I like their drummer

those links are dead now but extended highlights here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej58q9/acts/a6r38g#p01c3642

"falling" and the introducing stage set are both available internationally

I can't get enough of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01372ns
I prefer it to the studio version.

wow! great performance.

yeah I think I'm liking the more rock-ish edge they put on their live performances vs. the more programmed sound of the studio stuff.

They were singing for Primal Scream rather well too.
Can't fault them.

this is really good. i was thinking that the recorded sound vs the live sound was kind of mirage-era f mac vs peter green-era f mac and then they do that killer version of 'oh well', lovely.

I'm still tripped OUT by the rolling teenpop 2007 mention upthread. That was right when I came onboard ilx and I didn't really get the whole musical vibe here and I remember thinking who the hell listens to teenpop?

They need to release a full album right now. Do we have any release date confirmed? Their music is ripe for the summer.

I feel like I'm already kind of burned out on the EP material, but somehow that makes me agree they need to release an album. I have this feeling like their timing is off at this point for releasing an album. Too much material has been out for too long. I hope they don't miss a chance for bigger commercial success. I can definitely see them staying around for a long time as a live band, but if they don't get the timing write for recorded releases, I don't know. They might not get later chances.

I feel that I'd like their studio material to be just a little less smooth and studio polished (in most cases), but I don't actually prefer the live recordings. I'd try to see them live, though, given the chance.

Release date for the album is September 23rd at the moment. I think it should have come out last week just after their Glastonbury performance, it would have sailed to number one.

how about releasing any of those remixes for real?

Don't Save Me is such a jam - wish they would just get on with it and release a record that they've clearly had in the can for a while, the Glastonbury period did seem like the perfect time, high summer suits these songs?
(u could write this post off as incoherent longing for a HAIM album tbh)

I know for a fact they haven't had it in the can for a while.

hawt!

i hope they can come back with a killer new single and not just reissue one of the tracks off the already released EPs or whatever.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/p480x480/1044236_10151427398651841_1698919906_n.jpg

"I know for a fact they haven't had it in the can for a while"

What do you mean by that? sorry english isn't my first language so I don't understand all slangs. It's a bit weird to me that even though they escalated to "fame" pretty quick there isn't much info on them out there, they know how to keep it on the down low.

That means they haven't had an album ready to go and are waiting to release it. The implication is that they're still working on it.

Thanks man. If that's the case they better put it out there as quick as possible before the hype dies, unless they prefer to stay indie and under the radar, but I feel they really want to go more commercial and mainstream.

http://soundcloud.com/haimtime/haimthewire

NEW HAIM!

Man, just drop an album on us. This whole drip, drip, drip thing... sheesh. TYPICALLY GREAT SONG THOUGH. How many more do they need to put out a record. Anybody counting?

thought it was gonna be a cover of "heartache tonight" for the first few secs

Who is their producer? He/she is making an amazing job in everything I've heard from them.

whoa those string stabs. this rules!

i love this fuckin band so much

Wow, this song slays!

Damn, what a build at the end!

i was wondering if they were gonna do something that sounded a bit bigger. their shows are kinda heavy, they're really into guitar solos and stuff. this is dope.

i still find it hilarious that i didn't know about them until the ilm 2012 poll

V. nice, this.

xp: why? this thread didn't even start until November 2012.

Late spring/summer 2012 is when they first started popping up in blogs, so it's not like anyone was that far behind by the time of the poll.

Why are people so impatient with this band? Their first single was October 2012 and the album will be September 2013. That seems normal to me.

I hear people in the industry saying they've left it too long but if they are going to crack the mainstream, which I think they will, the kind of people who'll love the album won't know or care that it's taken a year.

Ha! I just noticed that a very early version of "The Wire" is posted near the top of the thread.

Why are people so impatient with this band? Their first single was October 2012 and the album will be September 2013. That seems normal to me.

this is practically the same release schedule as the 1975

it's a little odd but i'm into it

I just went back and looked for the first place I ever read about Haim. I knew it was on the Neon Gold blog, and it turns out it was March 5th 2012. http://neongoldrecords.blogspot.com/2012/03/tired-of-fighting-good-fight.html

I think The Wire was the first song of theirs I heard about a year ago. Daytrotter session or something?

Anyway it was what turned me on to them as it seemed to have a bit of a Phoenix vibe about it. Great song.

This is fantastic. Yet again.

Stupid soundcloud. I keep wanting to hear this song on repeat, but the first track that autoplays when it's over is some Macklemore piece of shit.

Same here.