Minor Alps (Juliana Hatfield + Matthew Caws) Debut New Song
MINOR ALPS (MATTHEW CAWS OF NADA SURF + JULIANA HATFIELD)SHARE NEW SONG "FAR FROM THE ROSES"
FROM FORTHCOMING FULL-LENGTH ALBUM GET THEREOUT OCTOBER 29TH ON BARSUK RECORDSPRE-ORDER NOW
ON TOUR THIS NOVEMBER
Minor Alps, the collaborative vision of Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws, have unveiled "Far From The Roses", the latest song off the duo's forthcoming album Get There, out October 29th on Barsuk Records. This November the pair will embark upon a string of tour dates in support of the release, kicking off in Seattle at the Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Show. Upcoming dates and early praise for Minor Alps below.
Stream "Far From The Roses" via SoundCloud or YouTube
Pre-Order Get There - barsuk.com/shop/bark139
"The pairing brings out the softer side Nada Surf sometimes delved into while reaching for something new entirely." - NPR Music
"...intricate and ambitious and very lovely." - Stereogum
"The album is appealingly mellow pop, with arpeggiated guitars, gentle electronics, and the occasional melotron. Mostly, though, it's about Caws and Hatfield's voices which sound pretty great together." -Brooklyn Vegan
Over the last two decades, both Caws and Hatfield have carved out long-lasting - and strikingly independent - careers within a dependably fickle music business, Caws with his now 20-year-old New York City group Nada Surf, and Hatfield with the Boston-reared Blake Babies, the Juliana Hatfield Three, Some Girls, as well as a number of releases under her own name.
Hatfield and Caws not only share lead vocals and co-writing credit on each of the eleven songs that comprise Get There; aside from some drumming and programming by Parker Kindred (Jeff Buckley, Antony and the Johnsons) and Chris Egan (Solange, Computer Magic), the pair plays every instrument and conjures every sound - from primitive electronic dub pulse ('Buried Plans')-- to straight-up rock hook ('I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands') to stripped-down electric guitar punch ('Mixed Feelings') to eerie trance-allure ('Radio Static') to hypnotic guitar drone ('Waiting For You').
It's not just the timbre of the voices and the shared vision of their musical explorations, but the emotional tone of their songs and lyrics that blends so seamlessly. Their attraction to themes of restless solitude and constant longing have always been a compelling part of their individual repertoires, and Minor Alps expresses an ageless existential yearning tempered by hard-fought wisdom, maturity, or maybe just acceptance of certain eternal truths. As they ruefully admit in 'If I Wanted Trouble,' "This growing up never ends/ The same mistakes come back again..."
http://www.facebook.com/minoralps For Bio and Photos visit BigHassle.com/publicity/minor-alps
Upcoming Tour Dates:
NOVEMBER08 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater (Barsuk 15th Anniversary Show)09 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent12 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar16 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center17 - Chicago, IL - Schubas19 - Washington, DC - Black Cat20 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom22 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live23 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
FROM FORTHCOMING FULL-LENGTH ALBUM GET THEREOUT OCTOBER 29TH ON BARSUK RECORDSPRE-ORDER NOW
ON TOUR THIS NOVEMBER
Minor Alps, the collaborative vision of Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws, have unveiled "Far From The Roses", the latest song off the duo's forthcoming album Get There, out October 29th on Barsuk Records. This November the pair will embark upon a string of tour dates in support of the release, kicking off in Seattle at the Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Show. Upcoming dates and early praise for Minor Alps below.
Stream "Far From The Roses" via SoundCloud or YouTube
Pre-Order Get There - barsuk.com/shop/bark139
"The pairing brings out the softer side Nada Surf sometimes delved into while reaching for something new entirely." - NPR Music
"...intricate and ambitious and very lovely." - Stereogum
"The album is appealingly mellow pop, with arpeggiated guitars, gentle electronics, and the occasional melotron. Mostly, though, it's about Caws and Hatfield's voices which sound pretty great together." -Brooklyn Vegan
Over the last two decades, both Caws and Hatfield have carved out long-lasting - and strikingly independent - careers within a dependably fickle music business, Caws with his now 20-year-old New York City group Nada Surf, and Hatfield with the Boston-reared Blake Babies, the Juliana Hatfield Three, Some Girls, as well as a number of releases under her own name.
Hatfield and Caws not only share lead vocals and co-writing credit on each of the eleven songs that comprise Get There; aside from some drumming and programming by Parker Kindred (Jeff Buckley, Antony and the Johnsons) and Chris Egan (Solange, Computer Magic), the pair plays every instrument and conjures every sound - from primitive electronic dub pulse ('Buried Plans')-- to straight-up rock hook ('I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands') to stripped-down electric guitar punch ('Mixed Feelings') to eerie trance-allure ('Radio Static') to hypnotic guitar drone ('Waiting For You').
It's not just the timbre of the voices and the shared vision of their musical explorations, but the emotional tone of their songs and lyrics that blends so seamlessly. Their attraction to themes of restless solitude and constant longing have always been a compelling part of their individual repertoires, and Minor Alps expresses an ageless existential yearning tempered by hard-fought wisdom, maturity, or maybe just acceptance of certain eternal truths. As they ruefully admit in 'If I Wanted Trouble,' "This growing up never ends/ The same mistakes come back again..."
http://www.facebook.com/minoralps For Bio and Photos visit BigHassle.com/publicity/minor-alps
Upcoming Tour Dates:
NOVEMBER08 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater (Barsuk 15th Anniversary Show)09 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent12 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar16 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center17 - Chicago, IL - Schubas19 - Washington, DC - Black Cat20 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom22 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live23 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
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