Haim have been a staple of the local indie-music circuit for years, sharing bills with California rockers like Jenny Lewis and Dawes opening for Florence and the Machine and Mumford collaborating with Major Lazer, Kid Cudi and Childish Gambino. “I guess I had a pimple the day of this shoot.
Alana looks a little closer at her likeness and points at its chin. Roughly 40 percent of the canvas is taken up by the sisters’ cascading tresses Este’s right hand is freakishly large. “See?”Īlana (21, keyboards, harmonies, occasional lead vocal) is admiring a massive portrait of the band that a fan painted from a publicity photo. She has an insulin pump clipped to herself at all times – lifting the hem of her dress, she reveals a device near her right hip that resembles a pager. Este is diabetic, so she can’t drink and doesn’t smoke weed – there’s too much sugar in booze, and she’s worried she’ll eat too much sugar if she gets the munchies. “Getting this through customs is fun,” she says. A few feet away, Este (27, bass, harmonies, occasional lead vocal) is sucking hot vapor from a bonglike throat-remedy device. Danielle (24, guitar, lead vocals) is wearing a worn long-sleeve T-shirt, black jeans and pointy brown boots, dropping chunks of ginger and lemon into a cup of hot water. Inside Haim’s Long-Awaited Debut Days Are Goneĭown in the Haim sisters’ dressing room, the atmosphere is about as ferocious as a book reading. “Bands like Mumford & Sons or fun., they’re cool,” he says, “but where’s the ferocity, you know? These guys are an exception.” The Linkin Park MC is in a balcony booth at Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre, where Haim – three sisters from the Valley who’ve been playing music together since they were little kids – are about to perform to a sold-out crowd. Mike Shinoda is psyched to see Haim tonight.
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