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"When are you interviewing the band?" a text reads. "My request was to ask if I can be their fourth member."

However, there remains a single issue: I also desires to be Haim's newest recruit. And we're not alone. Multiple celebrated admirers have also begged for the honor.

The evidence suggests a special quality is going on. Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana began their musical journey performing shows at small eateries with their family. Today, they are multiple Grammy contenders.

Like all the greatest groups, they're a inseparable gang. Their visuals repeatedly feature them striding in sync down the roads of Los Angeles. In concert, they play with such pure exuberance you inevitably think, "I'd love to be a piece of that, too."

"How often on tour that fans approached us and said, 'Seeing you perform, I picked up a bass'," says Alana, the youngest of the Haim siblings. "It is the greatest compliment. It is a prize in itself. We have succeeded if we can inspire people to form a group."

"And thus anyone is invited to be the next part of the family."

Award Nod

The group have called into home, where they're recovering after an major tour in promoting their new album, I Quit.

They're right now processing the news it's been in the running for a top rock honor at the Grammys – with Haim the first all-female band ever in the running for the trophy.

"I watch the announcements every year, so it almost feels like an out-of-body experience when your name is called," notes Alana. "I needed to phone my sisters to say, 'Did I hear this right or am I imagining things'?"

The importance of the nomination isn't lost on the band.

"We really set out to make a rock album this time, so it's a huge step," says Alana. "Yet we're just appreciative for the female artists that paved the way."

Personal Turmoil and Humour

The project was born from a phase of personal change. All three sisters ended up single, and the music inhabits that strange transitional period where you're glad to be free, but not quite ready to move on.

The lyrics track breakups and partings. The sisters want love, but not the relationships they've experienced. You can hear them working out in the moment who they are becoming.

"That's a perfect description, yes," agrees Danielle. "I Quit is kind of like a personal statement. You have to consciously practice ignoring the noise and saying, 'I couldn't care less what people think'."

Evolution of Sound

That newfound resilience demanded a different sonic direction – more unpolished and direct than any of the music the band had done before.

For Danielle, who worked on producing the album, that began with the drum sound.

"Drums are such a nuanced thing, and I care so much about it," she emphasizes.

"'Journey of the drum sound' will be the subject of our biography," laughs Alana. "Our motto is, our albums don't start until we find the right drum sound."

Anecdotes and Shared Humor

The trio's honesty inspired the album's rollout, where the sisters revealed some of their dating misadventures.

One man ended things with Este over a medical consideration. Alana told a story of flying to spend New Year's Eve with someone, only to receive a high five at midnight.

"During these breakups, you just feel like there's no hope," notes Alana. "Therefore to be able to laugh at those stories and hear others tell you even crazier stories, it's so amazing."

A Secure Future

It's not difficult sense a evolution in the band. Now, Haim are more certain of their standing in the rock pantheon.

They're top-billed acts, with successful albums and an worldwide fan base.

However the sister act will always be their number one commitment.

"My sisters and I have been playing music since I was four," concludes Alana. "It feels as if no other path that we were meant to do. And I'm really thankful we've gotten here and we're still kicking."