The trio share the inside story of Women in Music Pt.
III, an album that sounds like a band letting go of pretenses.
In reality, nostalgia is the last thing on the sisters minds right now.
Credit: Drew Le Fore Escriva
This week, Haim will drop their long-awaited third album,Women In Music Part III.
Its important to us because there needs to be a change in this country, says Alana.
Album opener Los Angeles finds the band navigating hopelessness against the backdrop of their home city.
I Know Alone is a somber ode to depression set against an elastic bassline.
The chorus I know alone like no one else does rings out like a quarantine anthem.
I listen to that song and it is literally how I feel right now, says Danielle.
Its exactly how I feel.
You feel really lonely, and you dont know how to jump back into life.
Musically, you might feel it too.
Case in point: 3AM, Haim’s funky, early-2000s hip-hop inspired ode to booty calls.
Elsewhere, the bands muses launch the gamut, too.
Theres a subtle nod to Sheryl Crow in the vocal phrasing of Ive Been Down.
On I Know Alone they name drop Joni Mitchells Both Sides Now.
That song in particular I used to sing all the time when I was younger, Danielle remembers.
When I was writing ‘I Know Alone,’ I was in a dark place.
Seeking Joni as my friend and putting her music on helped me through those dark times.
In that way, its kind of symbolic of all music for me.
For all these reasons,Women In Musicfeels like its arriving at exactly the right time.
Its been really beautiful and encouraging to see everyone come together.
