HAIM make great Rock music. HAIM do not make great Pop music.
Women In Music felt so Los Angeles and filled with soul (makes sense as that is where they grew up). On I Quit, which feels a bit New York, they sound out of place and the songwriting is incredibly mid.
Highlights: Down to be wrong, Take me back
"Desire, I want to turn into you." Like, who is the you? Is the you desire? Do you want to turn into desire itself? That's a bit of a paradox, right? Desire is like electricity. It's like the physical force that moves us through the world, it's the force of our will.
But then, maybe the you is the subject of your desire. Desire, I want to turn into you. Like this person that you desire you want to become, which is extremely kind of creepy and manic, but also kind of real, right? Like ... read more
Singles significantly better than album tracks
Wish it flowed like Good At Falling
Funner than the debut but not as memorable