While making WIMPIII, she was dealing with serious post-tour depression while also supporting her partner, long-time HAIM producer Ariel Rechtshaid, as he was going through testicular cancer. Meanwhile, Danielle Haim has the rest of the album to lay bare many of her personal struggles. EsteвЂ™s verse is dedicated to anyone battling chronic illness, herself struggling with reconciling the life of a touring band with her type 1 diabetes. They explore grief, illness, depression, the complications of long-term romance, and on the tender twang of вЂHallelujahвЂ™, they pay tribute to how their unique bond has pulled them through the worst of times.ДЄlana opens up about grieving her best friend, who died in a car crash in 2012 just before the bandвЂ™s career skyrocketed. вЂњWe really dug deep for this one,вЂќ said Alana вЂњThere are a lot of things that weвЂ™ve never really spoken about on record before.вЂќ Just as sonically these are songs unlike anything HAIM have attempted before, they peel back to new emotional layers. ItвЂ™s the kind of album where youвЂ™ll have a new favourite track after each listen. вЂњSo I feel like every time we get the drums right on a song, thatвЂ™s when we know weвЂ™re on the right path.вЂќДЄt first, this multiplicity and constant genre-shifting over a sprawl of 17 tracks can seem overwhelming and even scattershot, but it just means thereвЂ™s more to sink your teeth into over multiple spins. вЂњWe all started as drummers,вЂќ explained Este. III - or WIMPIII for short - the trio tell triple j they listened to everything from Bonnie RaittвЂ™s late вЂ80s blockbuster Nick Of Time to The Love Below, the influential solo album of OutKastвЂ™s AndrГ© 3000 вЂњOne of my all-time favourite albums,вЂќ Danielle confessed to Ebony & Bryce on triple j BreakfastДЄnother unlikely inspiration came from the вЂњvery roomyвЂќ drum sounds of Red Hot Chili PeppersвЂ™ Blood Sugar Sex Magik. You can probably chalk up some of this expanded eclecticism to the wide-ranging tastes of the Haim siblings. This genre-hopping is indicative of how HAIM are moving beyond their retro-leaning instincts into something more contemporary, but itвЂ™s still clearly the music of the same three women we know and love. ItвЂ™s an вЂ80s leaning funk-rock wig-out built around a sampled scream, hollowed out drum pads, and an electric finger-tapping guitar solo - it really shouldnвЂ™t work, but it just does. On paper, вЂAll That Ever MatteredвЂ™ seems too wild. ThereвЂ™s still classic HAIM bangers - вЂDonвЂ™t WannaвЂ™ began life in sessions for Something To Tell You and вЂFUBTвЂ™ goes back to the blueprint of вЂWhat if Shania Twain wrote a soft rock ballad?вЂ™ - but those more familiar anchoring moments arenвЂ™t as entertaining as the switch-ups. Warbling sax bookends the album, on opener вЂLos AngelesвЂ™ and closer вЂSummer GirlвЂ™, while brass supports the loose swagger of вЂIвЂ™ve Been DownвЂ™. вЂAnother TryвЂ™ flirts with a reggae shuffle and horns, which are a recurring feature. The sunny вЂUp From A DreamвЂ™ chugs along on down-tuned glam rock guitar. вЂI Know AloneвЂ™ finds Danielle Haim getting raw about isolation over a dusty UK garage beat. The lyrics are more personal, the production is a little looser and more varied, and most significantly, theyвЂ™re unafraid to experiment with the core sound thatвЂ™s served them so well for a decade. ItвЂ™s recognisably HAIM, but at nearly every level the trio have pushed themselves towards something new, and it pretty much all works.

But despite doing everything right, it didnвЂ™t generate the same buzz because it felt like more of the same. Their 2013 debut album Days Are Gone was widely celebrated as one of the yearвЂ™s best, a shiny set proving that both in song and in person, the sisters had charisma to spare.ДЇour years later, Something To Tell You was a solid set that further fused indie rock sensibilities with the radio-friendly pop and RnB the girls had grown up on. When siblings Danielle, Este, and Alana Haim first emerged outta Los Angeles in the early 2010s, they had instant star appeal. The sisters blow up their genre boundaries and deliver their most direct and multi-dimensional listen yet.

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