Days Are Gone | ||||
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Studio album by Haim | ||||
Released | September 27, 2013 | |||
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Length | 44:14 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
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Metacritic | 79/100 |
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AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | A− |
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Mojo | |
NME | 8/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 8/10 |
Days Are Gone is the debut studio album by American pop-rock band Haim. It was released on September 27, 2013 by Polydor Records. The album has spawned six singles: "Forever", "Don't Save Me", "Falling", "The Wire", "If I Could Change Your Mind" and "My Song 5".
The album was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork Media in August 2014.
The three girls grew up in the San Fernando Valley, listening to the 1970s classic rock and Americana records of their music-loving parents. While they were still at school their parents formed a family band called Rockinhaim to play cover versions at local charity fairs, with Israeli-born father Mordechai ("Moti") on drums and mother Donna on guitar. Danielle and Este were members of The Valli Girls, an all-girl group "inspired by Pat Benatar, Blondie, Gwen Stefani, The Pretenders, and Queen" from Southern California that was signed to Columbia Records / Sony Records and had a notable appearance on 2005 tween film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' soundtrack. Their song "Valli Nation" by the "SoCal teen prodigies" appears on the 2005 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards soundtrack "alongside such pop superstars as Avril Lavigne, Alicia Keys, Simple Plan, (and) Good Charlotte."