She loves nail-art, puppies, cut-off shorts, sour candy and her NME Award for Best Twitter. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, endearing and winsome - words upon words tumble out of Alana in a constant stream-of-consciousness running dialogue.

If Danielle is the Yoda of the group - as her elder sister, Este, describes her - then Alana Haim is the 'Clueless' Cher of the band.

Danielle is the kind of rare creature who is sparing with her words, so when she opens her mouth - whether it be to speak, or to sing - those listening tend to memorise every word of wisdom that is bestowed upon them. Youngest sister Alana, makes a joke later tha t 'Danielle doesn't talk'. On-stage, Danielle is a lean, mean shredding-machine - who in the past has played guitar on tour for The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis and Cee-Lo Green - but off-stage with her affectionate demeanour, it's not hard to imagine her perfecting her culinary skills. She and her sisters only arrived at the venue mere minutes ago after commuting across the city from their Australian record label offices where they'd officially turned in the final master of their debut album, but she's already graciously playing the role of hostess with much aplomb. 'Do you want a drink? Water? Pepsi?' offers Danielle Haim.

I know this, because the sound of One Direction's latest single 'Best Song Ever' being sung in a pitch perfect three-part harmony, is currently travelling towards me through the venue that the band are playing tonight in Sydney, as a Splendour In The Grass 2013 side-show.ДЇinally, a flurry of leather jackets, Chelsea boots and Disney Princess hair, bursts through the backstage door and into the green room - with their parents, Papa Mordechai 'Moti' Haim and Mama Donna Haim, in tow.

Haim days are gone songs