Time 4 Haim: Tuesday Music Roundup

There is more new music out today than anyone really knows what to do with, but here goes: first off, the beautiful, middle-parted Haim sisters have finally released Days Are Gone, which Jon Caramanica calls a “rapturous throwback” of an album. I don’t hear many weak moments on it, either — if you’re like me, maybe you’ve tired of “Falling” and “The Wire,” but there’s more to be had here. A few have complained that the album feels too comparatively polished to Haim’s live performances, but that’s really just a testament to their shows, which they often end by banging the shit out of a trio of drums.

Other young women releasing albums today include Odd Future DJ Syd Tha Kyd and her offshoot group The Internet, with Feel Good, New Zealand wunderkind Lorde, with Pure Heroine, and Miley Cyrus’s likely unavoidable Bangerz, which is streaming on iTunes.

The average age of the aforementioned professional musicians is [drumroll]: 21 and a half.