HAIM Creates A Beat Heavy Confection That Will Linger Forever

Girls can out and out rock. Since Heart mopped the floor with guys club narrow-mindedness in the '70s, the door for women has practically been ripped off its hinges. Add to that proud roll call HAIM (rhymes with "time"), an LA foursome that owns the studio. No lie the four of them are wunderkinds. Their current single "Forever" serves as gripping reminder you're on notice they shall dominate the scene for however long they're compelled to do so. Better still they have smarts to burn. Sisters Alana, Danielle, and Este Haim pack free flowing spunk into an almighty wallop. Since music is a hits driven industry it's worth noting this act goes to the head of the class where viable songcraft is concerned. From the opening whack of the drums from lone male Dash Hutton, you're in for rock fusion prepared to a high gloss zest. It's not easy to place a ready made label on the band although comparisons to Fleetwood Mac have been lobbed across the port bow. Fleetwood Mac is in a league of its own, therefore there's no shame being compared to them. From my view by the speakers I believe it's a misguided comparison. Vocally, Danielle lands in stride with '80s songbirds like Sheena Easton and Teena Marie. HAIM does bring rock credentials to the dance. The stitch work amazes in any and every way. Sit back and enjoy Danielle shred at the bridge. Not the efforts of a shrinking violet for sure. Este's a heavyweight bass player in her own right. However she's special because her mastery shakes and bakes like R & B Soul Train booty call yet flaunts its rock toughness welded into its undeniable core. Alana's rhythm guitar injects vivacity into a track that wasn't starved for in your face ball busting. Danielle calls out how she's had it with love that doesn't provide the correspondingly fit pieces to her jigsaw puzzle social circle. "Can't you make this sane?" She asks. That love often leads a good many of its team players to the funny farm isn't a novel suggestion. Danielle's question comes as a unique tilt on the topic. "Insane" is usually the overarching element in romance. "Can't you make this sane?" pencils in drawings of embattled lovers trying to fit square pegs in round holes. As a completed project the lyrics are supporting players compared to the smoke rings wafting from vocals, guitars, and drums. No matter who you are the good fight takes a lot out of you. You can't talk people away from the ledge if they're bound and determined to plunge to their doom. Danielle doesn't shy away from the notion that love is a tried and true area where practice can and does in fact make perfect. She doesn't care what outsiders gossip about. She also prays her other half doesn't give a fig either. You're bound to blown away not only by the bridge section guitar talent on display but that which dives after your jugular vein later on. Dash puts the kick in kick drum. Looking for an object to compare his technique to? That's what you'd get if you bottled the sound of a backfiring car engine at the exact right spot. Bang...bang bang bang. First impressions count in sound circles. Dash chipped in a jolt. The EP that "Forever" comes from has been around since 2012, but American audiences are only now getting their crack at this song. Prince said at the opening of his monster #1 classic "Let's Go Crazy" that forever's a mighty long time. That stripe of forever is how long I hope HAIM puts out sturdy singles like this. HAIM can take a group bow and indulge in a group hug for having created a song that's got the stamina to muscle its way into timeless territory