Oddly Days Are Gone is reminiscent of Weekend’s wonderful album Jinx from earlier this year. Kid A or Loveless this certainly isn’t, but there’s still a lot to be said for it.
If you’re in the mood for albums bristling with originality, for intriguing new ideas explored to the fullest potential, for melodies to be picked delicately from obscurity then this isn’t the record to stick on. What I mean is, Days Are Gone caters very specifically fans of slick Eighties pop-rock and little else. Of course – and this does sound moronically obvious – the record is only enjoyable depending on personal tastes. I’ll quickly add a caveat then, that it’s still one of the most enjoyable, likeable records of the year. Given the hype surrounding the band and the anticipation building around this record, it’s probably risking the wrath of Haim's advocates to say that there’s barely an original idea on the album.
HAIM DAYS ARE GONE UNDERRATED ALBUM MAC
Whilst it’s true that there’s an obvious Mac influence on Days Are Gone – although interestingly the sound is closer to Mirage or Tango in the Night than the best-loved albums – it’s a very minor part of the huge amalgam of Eighties sounds that constitutes the sisters’ eagerly-awaited début album.
So that’s my credentials established, yeah? Good. Apparently you’re not a proper music journo unless, when writing about California’s Haim, you simply toss off lazy comparisons to the Seventies' finest 'soft rock cocaine enthusiasts' (cf. Right, there’s your obligatory Fleetwood Mac reference.
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