Haim reflect on debut album ‘Days Are Gone’ as they announce 10th anniversary reissue: “It completely changed our lives”

nme.com:

Haim have announced a reissue of their debut album ‘Days Are Gone’ with the trio discussing their memories of the record with NME as well as talking about their headlining set at All Points East 2023.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s first record.

As sisters, Este, Danielle and Alana Haim told NME, the occasion calls for a celebration.“We worked our whole lives to put out our first record, So we thought, ‘It’s the 10-year anniversary!

Why the fuck not’. We also never shy away from an excuse to celebrate,” said Este. “A decade feels like a milestone. It’s pretty crazy,” Danielle added.Upon its release in 2013, ‘Days Are Gone’ had a major impact on Tumblr and made the rounds along with other LPs such as The 1975‘s self-titled, Lorde‘s ‘Pure Heroine’ and Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Born To Die’ and ‘Ultraviolence’ on the blogging site.The album reached Number One on the UK charts and as well as Number Two on the Billboard Top Alternative Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts.

It also landed the Number Six spot on the Billboard 200 chart.Though the album garnered attention, the sisters never thought it would gain that kind of recognition. “We had zero expectations,” Este recalled.“The crazy thing about ‘Days Are Gone’ is that the first thing that we ever came out with was the ‘Forever’ EP and we put that out on the internet without knowing how to promote things,” explained Alana.She continued: “We didn’t know how to get music out there.