Days Are Gone is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Haim, released on September 27, 2013, by Polydor Records.

[2] The three women grew up in the San Fernando Valley, listening to the 1970s classic rock and Americana records of their music-loving parents.

While they were still at school their parents formed a family band called Rockinhaim to play cover versions at local charity fairs, with Israeli-born father Mordechai ("Moti") on drums and mother Donna on guitar.

[3][4][5] Danielle and Este were members of the Valli Girls, an all-female band from Southern California that was signed to Columbia Records.

[5] It was after Danielle had played with other artists and Este had graduated that the sisters decided that they wanted pursue their career as Haim more seriously.

Having played shows supporting artists such as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Henry Clay People, and Kesha, Haim's first release was a three-song EP titled Forever which was made available on February 10, 2012, as a free download on their website for a brief period.

The EP received a lot of attention from the music press and the general public, and following a successful gig at the South by Southwest festival in March 2012[12] Haim signed a deal with Polydor Records in the United Kingdom in June 2012.

Club gave the album a very positive review: "It could be an overstatement to say that if Days Are Gone is any indication of what's to come for Haim, the band is set.

"[43] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times hailed the synthesized and the hooked production and compared the girls to the early years of Madonna, Pat Benatar, Sheena Easton and Laura Branigan: "There's the slightly sinister bubblyness of early Madonna, the erotic power of Pat Benatar, the breathlessness of Sheena Easton or Laura Branigan", and continued, "Haim lashes all of these together with force and glee, a rapturous throwback.

Days Are Gone is as convincing as any major-label rock album this year, especially its first half, which is slick, confident and winningly breezy.

"[44] Jody Rosen of Vulture praised the album's fusion of "everything from the Doobie Brothers to Janet Jackson to third-wave feminism" combined with "catchy four-minute-long songs.

"[45] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone wrote that it "recalls the dancy side of Eighties Top 40 radio as an AstroTurf Eden of chewy synths, neon-cheese guitar quake and slick, airy melodies.

"[35] Philip Matusavage of musicOMH gave a mixed review, commenting, "Stretched to album length, Haim's shtick grows repetitive and the music is too frequently solid rather than inspired".