A
lana Haim is stumped by the
question at first. And she
takes a minute to ponder it.
When asked to provide the appropriate rejoinder to a paraphrased old
adage, she initially repeats it to herself, then defers to the wisdom of the
fellow passengers on her tour bus.
"Hey! Finish this sentence! 'The sisters
that play together….' What?" she
barks. The response is instantaneous.
"Stay together!" another girl’s voice
yells. Haim is satisfied that this is the
correct answer, and she reiterates it
with phone-a-friend-on-that-millionaire-TV-show certainty: "Stay together! That's from Este Haim, who's
sitting right next to me."
And you really have to forgive the
momentarily-scattered singer and
multi-instrumentalist for not knowing the classic family-band-ism right
off the bat. You see, she's been quite
busy lately, touring with her, ahem,
little family band. Dubbed, of course,
Haim, the group revolves around
Alana Haim, 22, and her two older
sisters – guitarist/vocalist Danielle,
25, and bassist/vocalist Este, 28, plus
longtime drummer Dash Hutton.
And the group's kooky camaraderie
has paid off; Its whimsical 2013 debut
disc Days Are Gone bowed in at #1
and #6 on the U.K. and U.S. charts, respectively, ratcheting up the buzz surrounding
the
group
to
a
near-deafening level. Staying together
– which the siblings have instinctively
done through thick and thin – certainly has had its benefits.
Watching Haim perform live,
22 illinoisentertainer.com april 2014