It feels like the San Fernando Valley sisters have been around a while: following a build-up of hype late last year, they topped the BBC’s Sound Of 2013 poll. But that notoriously non-prescient accolade (The Bravery, anyone?) marked a new chapter in an already long musical history, as Haim sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim had been performing both separately and together for the best part of ten years.
Rolling Stone Interview: Inside Haim’s Long-Awaited Debut “Days Are Gone”
By Dan Hyman
It’s Saturday afternoon at Lollapalooza, and the Haim sisters – Este, Alana and Danielle – are sitting backstage. They’ve been in Chicago since Wednesday, but the sibling rockers, whose music has drawn rave reviews from the Strokes, Rihanna and Mumford & Sons, have had little time to take in their surroundings. “What’s a day off?” says Este, 27, the bassist, eldest and most crass member of the group. She pauses, realizing that may have come off a bit well, complain-y and corrects herself. “Ya know what? I don’t give a ****,” she adds. “I will do this until my tits are at my knees.”
