Haim turned down guest spot on new Arctic Monkeys record


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Haim turned down the opportunity for a guest spot on the Arctic Monkeys‘ new album ‘AM‘ as they had to instead concentrate on completing work on their own record, according to producer James Ford.

“They loved it,” Ford told NME, referring to the Sheffield band’s ‘Do I Wanna Know?‘ single. “So me and the Arctics had the discussion, ‘Should we get some real girls in?”.

“We tried to push things around to make it work,” Haim bass player Este Haim has added. “But when it came down to it, we had to finish our record. That would have been our biggest dream come true – to sing on an Arctic Monkeys record. It was one of the most painful calls to say no. Maybe the worst day of my life.”

After a year of not-inconsiderable industry hype, which began with a place at the head of the BBC’s Sound Of… poll, Haim will release their debut full length effort ‘Days Are Gone‘ on September 30th.


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