I know, two posts in one week? Have I gone nuts? Bombarding friends, family, Twitter followers and anyone on bloglovin‘ with this incessant fire of thoughts and other random banter. In all honesty, I’m pretty excited. The new Haim single has hit the internet, reducing every other current pop offering to a lame David Guetta flavoured single with Rihanna-esque auto-tuned vocals. Yes, Haim do sound a lot like what our parents used to listen to, yes, they have only released an EP, and yes, some are predicting how they may be a case of a hype not living up to its expectation. However, listening to new offering The Wire – details of the upcoming album release are still limited – this music fan cannot help but fall in love with it.
Starting off with a confident guitar rift, the vocals, precise and quick, stick closely to a fun beat that builds up, exploding at the chorus. There are more vocals, drums, and a stunning guitar solo towards the end. It’s uplifting, catchy, unashamedly summery and ultimately, very good.
Yes, it’s nothing ground-breaking, but it’s different to what mainstream music is offering these days. It’s music done by people that can actually walk on a stage, play a guitar, a keyboard or some drums and be brilliant live, while exploiting the roughness of their voices and said music instruments in the studio. There is no over production, it’s simple, it’s sexy, it’s good.
And don’t get me started on their fabulous manes …
The Wire is out on September 23rd.
Picture: Haim
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