HAIM

A lot has been written about this band. They're three sisters who started playing music with their parents in a band called Rockinhaim (later shortened to just HAIM). They wrote their entire first album in their living room. They pal around with T-Swift. 

I started listening to HAIM shortly before their first album, "Days are Gone", was released and caught them live with my friends Brandon and Maria at Neumos in Seattle. Days are Gone had been on repeat for months and I shamelessly sang along to every lyric I could remember.

Their sophomore release, Something to Tell You, just dropped last week. They had been telling the press that it would be released in the fall, which made this a very welcome July surprise. This is a must-listen album in my opinion.

It's hard to avoid the Fleetwood Mac comparisons (Stevie Nicks is apparently a fan). While there's a strong undercurrent of 70's rock in HAIM's music, the first band I actually thought of was Wilson Phillips – the three part harmony, the drums, the (great) pop songwriting... not to mention the fact that they're also a group of three sisters. At this point it's fair to imagine me watching VH1 at my grandmother's house sporting a turtleneck and spikey hair, singing along to Wilson Phillips in between bites of off-brand Cheetos.

Stop reading and load up the album on your streaming service of choice. Play it all the way through at least twice. #yourewelcome <3

And for those born after 1989, I give you Wilson Phillips.