Sunday, December 10, 2017

The 2017 Jester One Music Top 20 Countdown - #11

#11 - Haim - Want You Back


Making their debut after skittering around the 2013 Countdown, quirky sister trio Haim continue to make waves in popular music with their second offering "Something To Tell You". The sisters have all grown up a little and have offered a much deeper and more complex record without losing their individual traits that blend together and make their music so easily accessible and enjoyable. The album marched right up to #7 on the Billboard Top 200 while again landing at #2 on the Alternative Rock and Top Rock charts. In an age where popstars and chart-toppers are pumping out garbage records every other year, it almost seems unthinkable that a band would take 4 years between releases, but Haim found a way to significantly improve upon their craft and polish things up for a catchy and creative new sound. Whether is it the string arrangement on Found in Silence, the layered guitars on You Never Know, or the fun pulsing beat of Nothing's Wrong, the band show again that they seemingly have limitless possibilities together.

The immediate thing that has made this band stand out for me is the trio's ability to harmonize, which is best showcased in their lead single Want You Back. The song builds slow with an opening piano and incorporates more hand-claps and percussive beats that seem to meld together in a winning combination. Whatever it is that resonates in my ears when the three of them sing together; I knew I had a Top 20 hit the moment I heard this song. The bass skips around, the acoustic guitar on the verses does just enough to fill the air, and the chorus is an easy sing-a-long - "just know that I want you back" is a line that resonates with just about anyone. The video for the song has the girls walking down Ventura Blvd and dancing/playing air instruments to the song. It's really a fun one to go with a surprisingly energetic song. The song registered just short of 25M streams on Spotify while "Something To Tell You" sold a healthy 26k records in its opening week.








Title: Want You Back
Artist: Haim
Album: Something To Tell You






Previous #11s
2016: Circle of Dust - Contagion
2015: Catfish and the Bottlemen: Cocoon
2014: Meg Myers - Desire
2013: Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
2012: Swimming With Dolphins - Sleep To Dream
2011: Power Quest - Glorious
2010: Taio Cruz - Dynamite
2009: Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

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