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"Any idea when you're chatting with the band?" an inquiry arrives. "I was hoping to ask if I can join as their fourth member."

There's just a key snag: The sender also longs to be Haim's additional sibling. Furthermore, we are not alone. A host of famous admirers have openly petitioned for the honor.

It's clear a special quality is at play. The siblings Este, Danielle and Alana launched their career playing gigs at small eateries with their parents. Presently, they stand as multi-time Grammy Award contenders.

In the tradition of the most iconic ensembles, they're a inseparable gang. Their music videos repeatedly show them striding in unison down the streets of Los Angeles. On stage, they play with such pure joy you inevitably think, "I'd love to be a piece of that, too."

"How often on tour that young girls approached us and said, 'Watching you live, I got a drum kit'," states Alana, the youngest of the Haim siblings. "It is the greatest honour. It is a prize in itself. We've done our job if we can encourage people to make music."

"And thus everyone are welcome to be the fourth Haim sister."

Award Milestone

The group are speaking from their homes, where they're taking a pause after an lengthy tour in promoting their latest album, I Quit.

They're right now reeling from the news it's been nominated for a top rock honor at the Grammys – with Haim the first all-woman band ever in consideration for the prize.

"I watch the nominations every year, so it almost feels like The Truman Show when your name is read out," notes Alana. "I immediately called my sisters to say, 'Did we just hear this correctly or am I hallucinating'?"

The significance of the accolade resonates with the sisters.

"We truly set out to make a guitar-driven album this time, so it's a major milestone," continues Alana. "Yet we're just appreciative for the pioneers that came before us."

Heartbreak and Humour

The album was born from a time of emotional upheaval. All three sisters found themselves single, and the music inhabits that strange in-between place where you're glad to be free, but not entirely ready to let go.

The themes follow departures and goodbyes. The sisters desire love, but not the relationships they've got. You can hear them working out in real time who they want to be.

"I adore description, yes," says Danielle. "I Quit is essentially a mantra. You have to consciously practice ignoring the outside opinions and saying, 'I don't give what people think'."

Refinement of Sound

That recent toughness required a different sonic direction – more unpolished and immediate than any of the music the band had done before.

For Danielle, who helped produce the album, that began with the percussion.

"Percussion is such a nuanced thing, and I am so passionate about it," she states.

"'Journey of the drum sound' will be the title of our book," quips Alana. "I always say, our albums won't commence until we find the right drum sound."

Anecdotes and Collective Humor

The band's candor shaped the album's rollout, where the sisters shared some of their romantic misadventures.

Someone ended things with Este over a medical concern. Alana recalled a story of flying to spend New Year's Eve with someone, only to receive a high five at midnight.

"When you're going through these breakups, you just feel like there's no light," says Alana. "Thus to be able to share those stories and have them tell you more outrageous stories, it's therapeutic."

A Secure Future

You can clearly sense a shift in the band. These days, Haim are more certain of their standing in the music world.

They're top-billed acts, with hit albums and an global fan base.

However the sister act will consistently be their primary priority.

"Me and my siblings have been making music since I was a young child," says Alana. "It's like no alternative that we were meant to do. And I'm really thankful we've reached this point and we're still going strong."