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Music Review: Haim – ëƵSomething to Tell YouëƵ

By Clint Rhodes for The 2 min read
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Music Review: Haim - ëƵSomething to Tell YouëƵ
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ëƵSomething to Tell YouëƵ is the much-anticipated new release from Haim. While the bandëƵs 2013 debut ëƵDays Are GoneëƵ garnered the San Fernando Valley sisters international recognition with New Musical Express (NME) magazine naming them the Best International Band in 2014, the talented trioëƵs sophomore effort rings of a confident maturity with a satisfying set of radio-friendly tracks that whisper soft rock through and through.

ëƵSomethings are long forgotten,ëƵ sings Danielle Haim on the opening track ëƵWant You BackëƵ with a fresh, infectious tone that recalls the better moments of early Wilson Phillips.

Listening to HaimëƵs new material evokes fond memories of another all-female group from California that captured my attention during my high school years.

The Go-GoëƵs offered up melodious slices of pop heaven with tracks like ëƵOur Lips Are Sealed,ëƵ ëƵWe Got the Beat,ëƵ ëƵVacationëƵ and ëƵHead Over Heels.ëƵ To this day, my buddies have no idea how much play the bandëƵs cassettes received during my drives back and forth from school when I viewed lead singer Belinda Carlisle as one of the alluring girls on the beach that Brian Wilson wrote about.

Fueled by DanielleëƵs passionate vocals that describe a crumbling relationship and AlanaëƵs spirited guitar riffs, the Haim sisters find their groove with ëƵNothingëƵs Wrong.ëƵ

The mood quickly turns from sad and uncertain to bouncy and hopeful with the flirty tone of ëƵLittle of Your Love,ëƵ while ëƵWalking AwayëƵ is a sophisticated dose of R&B.

ëƵFound It in SilenceëƵ soars with an empowering message of being confident in knowing what you want and going out and getting it.

ëƵReady for You,ëƵ ëƵYou Never Knew, ëƵ ëƵKept Me CryingëƵ and the title track serve as a delightful guilty pleasure for lovers of lite rock everywhere.

ëƵNight So LongëƵ closes the set with lyrics about the isolation and loneliness of life on the road as Danielle declares, ëƵI say goodbye to love again/In loneliness my only friend.ëƵ

With their latest album, the Haim sisters prove that they certainly do have something to tell us as the bandëƵs style and substance seamlessly combine to produce a pleasurable summer soundtrack.

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