Haim ‘s tour finale Saturday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl was full of reassurances. First of all, it was good to see for certain that Alana Haim’s head looks just fine, and completely intact, after, well, you know. Secondly, the band is sounding better than fine. The only squib marks left on anyone were on the almost 5,000 patrons who braved one of the most refreshingly moderate ocean breezes California has to offer to see maybe still the best homegrown group California has had to offer in any recent year. To paraphrase their frequent partner in crime, Paul Thomas Anderson: One banger after another! Seriously.

If there’s anything to add on the subject of reassurances that doesn’t have anything to do with head wounds, it would be how the band’s fourth and most recent album, “I Quit,”

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