Everyone Are Invited to Become the Extra Haim Bandmate.

"Do you know when you'll be speaking to the Haim sisters?" a message pops up. "I wanted to ask if I can join as their newest bandmate."

There's just a single issue: The sender also longs to be Haim's fourth member. What's more, we are far from alone. A host of famous admirers have openly begged for the role.

It's clear a special quality is happening. The siblings Este, Danielle and Alana began their musical journey doing sets at neighborhood delis with their parents. Presently, they stand as repeated Grammy nominees.

Like all the most iconic groups, they're a tight-knit unit. Their videos repeatedly depict them marching in unison down the streets of Los Angeles. On stage, they play with such pure joy you inevitably think, "I want to be part of that, too."

"How often on tour that fans told us and said, 'Watching you live, I bought a guitar'," remarks Alana, the most junior of the Haim siblings. "That is the greatest honor. It is a prize in itself. We've done our job if we can inspire people to start a band."

"So all are welcome to be the honorary Haim sister."

Award Milestone

The trio are connecting from their homes, where they're resting up after an extensive tour in promoting their fourth album, I Quit.

They're currently reeling from the news it's been in the running for best rock album at the Grammys – with Haim the pioneering female band ever in the running for the award.

"I follow the announcements every year, so it sort of feels like an out-of-body experience when your name is announced," says Alana. "I had to call my sisters to say, 'Am I hearing this correctly or am I hallucinating'?"

The significance of the honor is deeply felt by the band.

"We deliberately set out to make a guitar-driven album this time, so it's a significant achievement," adds Alana. "Yet we're just appreciative for the women that paved the way."

Emotional Upheaval and Candor

The album came out of a time of emotional upheaval. All three sisters found themselves single, and the music inhabits that strange transitional period where you're glad to be free, but not quite ready to move on.

The themes follow endings and partings. The sisters desire love, but not the specific love they've got. You can hear them figuring out in real life who they aspire to be.

"I love description, yes," responds Danielle. "I Quit is like a slogan. You have to actively work on shutting out the noise and saying, 'I couldn't care less what people think'."

Evolution of Style

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

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

"The drum sound is such a detailed thing, and I am so passionate about it," she says.

"'Journey of the drum sound' will be the title of our biography," jokes Alana. "Our motto is, our albums cannot begin until we find the right drum sound."

Anecdotes and Shared Laughter

The trio's candor fueled the album's marketing, where the sisters shared some of their dating tales.

A former partner ended things with Este over a medical concern. Alana shared a story of flying to spend New Year's Eve with someone, only to receive a casual gesture at midnight.

"When you're going through these breakups, you just feel like there's only darkness," explains Alana. "Therefore to be able to laugh at those stories and hear others tell you more outrageous stories, it's so amazing."

A Confident Path

One can easily sense a shift in the band. These days, Haim are more assured of their standing in the rock pantheon.

They're major draws, with chart-topping albums and an worldwide audience.

However the sister act will consistently be their top priority.

"My sisters and I have been playing music since I was little," says Alana. "It's like no other path that we were destined for. And I'm really thankful we've reached this point and we're still going strong."