The two closing numbers, "Let Me Go" and "Running If You Call My Name," allow the darkness that otherwise lurks in the background of the album to come to the fore, and fail to hit the same pitch-perfect pop notes as a result. More than that, the title track sounds like Des’ree’s "You Gotta Be" if it had been produced by Rick James-catchy as hell, in other words. "My Song 5" is the sort of in-your-face female empowerment anthem Beyoncé would go jogging to. Not only does it contain a handful of the most radio-friendly songs of the last few years ("Forever," "Falling") it packs in some fantastically crunchy R&B bangers as well. In this, they’ve been pretty damn successful. They’re a band that actively wants to make a great pop record, without getting all Kanye West about it. Haim’s rock-pop sound (think Tango In The Night-era Fleetwood Mac) is bright and breezy-just like the girls themselves, who’ve managed to keep laughing and joking through the exponentially building hype. This lightness of tone is a large part of the appeal of Days Are Gone, the band’s debut album. Even their most bitterly romantic songs like "Better Off" and "Forever" are funkified to the point where the nights spent crying that inspired them are distant memories-or at least have been repressed by piña coladas. They’re taking it easy: something they do a lot of.
Californian sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim appear on their album cover sitting in deck chairs, wearing sunglasses.
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