LA-bred sisterly power pop trio HAIM have shared their take on ”Cause I’m A Man’, one of the flagship singles taken from Tame Impala’s latest smash album, Currents. While it’s officially a “remix”, Danielle Haim admits it’s really more of a cover.
“In 2009, I was in Japan playing the Summer Sonic festival with Jenny Lewis as her guitar player. On a day off of the festival we played a side show at Astro Hall in Tokyo with a band from Australia I’d never heard of called Tame Impala,” Danielle wrote on Instagram.
“I remember standing in the crowd and not really understanding how this MASSIVE sound was coming off the stage with just 4 people playing. They were one of the best bands I had ever seen live.”
“When I went back to my hotel, I downloaded their EP immediately — told my sisters to also — and since then we’ve seen their incredible shows all over the world at various festivals and loved every record.”
“Sooo needless to say, when we were asked to do this remix we jumped at the chance!! But we’ve never really done a ‘remix’ before so we decided to put out our own spin on the song. Go get Currents if you haven’t yet — you’ll be stoked.”
As some readers will recall, ”Cause I’m A Man’ was at the centre of a mild controversy earlier this year, after some accused the song of being sexist. Project leader Kevin Parker later dismissed the claims, saying no sexism or offence was intended.
