"Sometimes I wish I didn't miss you at all / Those days are gone," the women sing in the lustrous title track, which Haim co-wrote with the British electro-soul star Jessie Ware later, they crystallize the sentiment in the album's closer, promising, "I'll run away if you call my name."īut even if you can't get with that, there's no denying the sisters' appealingly breathy voices or their delightfully idiosyncratic delivery. Here are my favorite songs from Days Are Gone: The album starts with the doozy Falling an outstanding dance-ballad that talks about enduring emotional pain. Every word, every tune, every pop sounded like a battle-cry for female greatness greatly present in sister Danielle Haim‘s deep and serious vocals. To my ears, though, these songs offer a convincing re-creation of the passive-aggressive indecision endemic to the band's twentysomething peer group (and to Glenn Frey). The album is a straight-on feminism bible.
Some critics have called the band's lyrics inconsequential, a perceived limitation that the sisters cop to in "The Wire," where Danielle sings, "You know I'm bad at communication / It's the hardest thing for me to do." Sometimes I wish I didn’t miss you at all. Those days are gone, those days are gone. I want it all, I want it all Felt like I was walking on a tight rope. HAIMs song 'The Wire' does bear traces of Twains 1999 hit 'Man I Feel Like a Woman,' one of many inspirations hidden in plain sight on the trios debut album, Days Are Gone. Although the interlocking funk licks in "Forever" might have led the band to extend the song past its natural life, Haim keeps it tight, which is particularly admirable at a time when Justin Timberlake appears determined to stretch the average Top 40 single to six minutes or more. Those days are gone ‘Cause you didn’t know how. But beneath those beautifully glazed keyboard textures, Haim also has songs - irresistible ones with swinging rhythms (" The Wire") and sturdy but effervescent melodies (" Don't Save Me") that no doubt make Mom and Dad proud.Īnd the sisters are as economical as they are crafty.