Latest news with #RostamBatmanglij
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Haim's new album gives vivid shape to a hard-to-define phase
Haim's 'I Quit' is not quite a breakup album and not quite a moving-on album; rather, the fourth LP by this beloved Los Angeles sister trio lands somewhere between those tried-and-true schemes: Its title inspired, the Haims have said, by a third-act mic drop in the cult-fave 1996 movie 'That Thing You Do!,' 'I Quit' is about looking back from the middle distance on a relationship that didn't work and assessing what you learned (and what you didn't) from the experience. 'Can I have your attention, please, for the last time before I leave?' Danielle Haim sings over a trembling acoustic guitar riff to open the album with 'Gone.' Then: 'On second thought, I changed my mind.' In 'All Over Me,' she's exulting in the erotic thrill of a new situationship — 'Take off your clothes / Unlock your door / 'Cause when I come over / You're gonna get some' — while warning the guy not to get out over his skis as any kind of partner. Este Haim takes over lead vocals for 'Cry,' in which she's unsure of her place in the seven stages of grief: 'I'm past the anger, past the rage, but the hurt ain't gone.' How to musicalize such a state of transition? On 'I Quit,' which Danielle co-produced with Rostam Batmanglij, the sisters do it with songs that go in multiple directions at once, as in 'Relationships,' which sounds like 'Funky Divas' meets 'Tango in the Night,' and 'Everybody's Trying to Figure Me Out,' a deconstructed blues strut that bursts into psych-pop color in the chorus. They do it by trying new things, as in the shoegazing 'Lucky Stars' and 'Spinning,' which has Alana Haim cooing breathily over a shuffling disco beat. (In some ways, 'I Quit' feels closely aligned with the newly sexed-up 'Sable, Fable' by Bon Iver, whose Justin Vernon was involved in a couple of songs on this album.) The Haims also do it, of course, by revisiting familiar comforts: 'Gone' samples George Michael's 'Freedom! '90'; 'Down to Be Wrong' evokes the blistered euphoria of peak Sheryl Crow; 'Now It's Time,' for some goofy reason, borrows the industrial-funk groove from U2's 'Numb.' Read more: How Jensen McRae became L.A.'s next great songwriter Nostalgia figures into the lyrics too, but it's all very sharply drawn, as in 'Take Me Back,' a caffeinated folk-rock shimmy where Danielle is thinking about the people she used to know in the Valley — 'David only wants to do what David wants / Had a bald spot, now it's a parking lot' — and how much easier things were when she'd cruise Kling Street 'looking for a place to park in an empty parking lot just so you can feel me up.' (Great guitar solo in this one.) In 'Down to Be Wrong,' she looks out from her window seat on a flight to somewhere and sees 'the street where we used to sleep' — a reference, one presumes, to her ex Ariel Rechtshaid, who helped produce Haim's first three albums and whose presence looms here like a phantom. Case in point: ''We want to see you smiling,' said my mother on the hill,' Danielle sings in the loping country ballad 'The Farm,' 'But the distance keeps widening between what I let myself say and what I feel.' Oof. Yet on an album about choosing who to leave behind and who to collide with for the first time, 'The Farm's" emotional climax comes in a touching verse where one of Danielle's sisters tells her she's welcome to crash 'if you need a place to calm down till you get back on your feet.' The upheaval won't last; family is forever. Get notified when the biggest stories in Hollywood, culture and entertainment go live. Sign up for L.A. Times entertainment alerts. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘I Quit' Review: Haim's Golden-State Sound
Produced by Rostam Batmanglij and lead singer Danielle Haim, the California band's first album in five years features its sunny, retro brand of pop rock as it considers relationships and newfound independence.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
HAIM Announce New Album I quit, Reveal Release Date
The post HAIM Announce New Album I quit, Reveal Release Date appeared first on Consequence. HAIM recently kicked off a new album cycle with two singles, and now they've revealed the project's title and release date. During an intimate club show at LA's The Bellwether on Wednesday night (April 23rd), the sisterly trio flashed the title I quit on the screen during the beginning of their intro video. They confirmed the news on Instagram, posting a clip culminating with the message, 'I quit new haim album coming June 20th.' Get HAIM Tickets Here The intro video featured numerous variations of the 'I Quit' theme, including: 'I quit what does not serve me, I quit overthinking, I quit shame, I quit nicotine, I quit fear, I quit dick, I quit judgement, I quit avoiding emotional intimacy, I quit my job, I quit caring about what you think, I quit waiting for an apology, I quit fucking around, I quit fucking everything, I quit fucking you, I quit wondering if someone will save me.' Update: According to a press release, I quit features 15 songs produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Danielle Haim. The album's artwork (seen below) was shot by director Paul Thomas Anderson. According to the band debuted a pair of previously unreleased tracks, 'Blood in the Streets' and 'Down to Be Wrong,' during their first full concert in nearly two years. The latter song is set for release this week. HAIM opened the set with their latest single, 'Everybody's trying to figure me out,' before dipping back into their catalog with early songs like 'The Wire' and 'Forever' alongside more recent tracks like 'The Steps' and 'Gasoline.' They closed out the set with 'Relationships,' which marked their first new song in nearly two years when it was released in March. See fan-shot videos of the concert below. I quit follows 2020's Women in Music Pt. III. Up next, HAIM will play a second show at The Bellwether tonight, April 24th. They have also lined up appearances at New Orleans Jazz Festival and Primavera Sound. Get tickets here. Popular Posts deadmau5 Apologizes for Blacking Out During Coachella Set New Pornographers Drummer Joseph Seiders Charged with Child Pornography The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time Lady Gaga Battles Tech Issues at Coachella: "At Least You Know I Sing Live" Beyoncé's "COWBOY CARTER TOUR" Set to Kick Off with Thousands of Seats Unsold Keanu Reeves to Play Villain in Weezer Movie: Report Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
