I was at their gig in Dublin last night, IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! I briefly met them before the gig and got my photo taken with Este and Alana, they're really nice. I have been looking up their music again today and just noticed a comment of mine got lots of thumbs up. Thanks, people. I still can't wait for the album, I can't get enough of their music and they ROCK live! Go see them!!!
These girls grew up in the San Fernando Valley, not Santa Monica, for Christ's sake. Sure, they went to a good high school and yes, have the advantage of hand-me-down instruments galore from their parents, but their parents REALTORS who played music for fun. I agree, their voices aren't strong, but I'd say their musical skills and the energy they put in their live performances make up for it. Besides, indie music is FULL of kids from privileged families - why not pick on them, too?
Fiona Apple (when she's trying) and Jenny Lewis have strong voices. The Haim girls seem to struggle with breath support, and so they tend to get breathy and off-pitch. I've also heard Danielle sing harmony with Blake Mills and there are times in which she simply does not sing the right notes. Though I'd like to note that I wrote that entire thing in their DEFENSE because I love their music and I think they put on a damn good live show - I have no interest in "attacking" them.
It's nice to have rich parents. Some bands live four to a tiny Hollywood or Brixton apt and scrape by on odd jobs. These rich girls never spent a second in want of anything or sweating a single payment. "I'm not ready for college, Daddy." "OK, Honey, here are some instruments, clubs that my buddies own WILL front you, a studio in the house, and guaranteed buzz in the media." No doubt they're big because they're talented. No doubt the incessant singing out of key is deliberate artistic effect.
