🔗 Share this article Everyone is Invited to Be the Additional Haim Sisters Bandmate. The Band: "Performing as a unit is where our passion will always lie." "Do you know when you'll be chatting with the Haim sisters?" a message pops up. "My request was to ask if I can join as their newest bandmate." There is only one problem: The sender also wants to be the Haims' fourth member. Furthermore, we are in plentiful company. Several celebrated admirers have also begged for the role. The evidence suggests something is happening. Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana began their musical journey performing shows at local delicatessens with their family. Today, they are multiple Grammy Award nominees. Like all the greatest ensembles, they're a close unit. Their videos often show them striding in harmony down the roads of Los Angeles. In concert, they perform with such unfettered joy you can't help but think, "I wish to be part of that, too." "The amount of times on tour that young girls approached us and said, 'Watching you live, I picked up a bass'," states Alana, the most junior of the Haim siblings. "It is the ultimate compliment. That's an award in itself. We've done our job if we can encourage others to make music." "Therefore everyone is invited to be the next part of the family." The band's live shows have seen them ascend to headliner status of major events throughout Europe. Grammy Nod The trio have called into their homes, where they're recovering after an lengthy tour in support of their new album, I Quit. They're right now processing the news it's been nominated for Best Rock Album at the Grammys – with Haim the very first female band ever in the running for the prize. "I follow the lists every year, so it almost feels like a surreal movie when your name is called," notes Alana. "I had to call my sisters to say, 'Did we just hear this correctly or am I dreaming'?" The significance of the accolade is deeply felt by the trio. "We truly set out to make a rock album this time, so it's a huge step," adds Alana. "Yet we're just grateful for the female artists that came before us." Personal Turmoil and Candor The project was born from a phase of transition. All three sisters found themselves single, and the music explores that unique in-between place where you're relieved to be free, but not yet ready to let go. The words follow departures and farewells. The sisters want love, but not the kind of love they've experienced. You can hear them figuring out in real life who they are becoming. "I love way of putting it, yes," says Danielle. "I Quit is kind of like a mantra. You have to consciously practice blocking the criticism and saying, 'I couldn't care less what people think'." The band topped a prestigious breakthrough poll in 2013, and have later achieved four chart-topping albums. Refinement of Style That recent resilience required a fresh approach – more unpolished and direct than any of the music the band had done before. For Danielle, who helped produce the album, that was founded on the drums. "The drum sound is such a nuanced thing, and I am so passionate about it," she says. "'Journey of the drum sound' will be the name of our biography," laughs Alana. "I've said it, our albums cannot begin until we find the right drum sound." I Quit refines the band's characteristic style, mixing acoustic rock with contemporary rhythms and memorable pop melodies. Stories and Collective Laughter The trio's candor inspired the album's promotional campaign, where the sisters shared some of their personal horror stories. Someone broke up with Este over a medical consideration. Alana recalled a story of flying to spend New Year's Eve with someone, only to receive a casual gesture at midnight. "Experiencing these heartbreaks, you just feel like there's no light," says Alana. "So to be able to share those stories and have them tell you even crazier stories, it's incredible." The group just finished a six-month tour, but mention they plan to hit the road in the coming years. A Confident Legacy You can clearly sense a evolution in the band. Now, Haim are more certain of their standing in the music world. They're festival headliners, with successful albums and an worldwide fan base. Yet the sister act will always be their number one priority. "Me and my siblings have been performing since I was four," shares Alana. "It feels as if nothing else that we were meant to do. And I'm really fortunate we've gotten here and we're still kicking."