Minor Alps - “Waiting For You”

Minor Alps, the collaboration between Nada Surf's Matthew Caws and Juliana Hatfield, released a video for their track “Waiting For You” about a month ago.  The clip stars Julie Gayet and Philippe Rebbot and was directed by Emilie and Sarah Barbault.  Check it out below.

Minor Alps released their debut album Get There in October 2013.

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').

Nada Surf Release Video for "Electrocution"

Nada Surf have released their video for "Electrocution." It was directed by Eli Stronberg. The song is off of their upcoming covers album if I had a hi-fi which comes out on June 8 via their own Mardev Records. Also, the band will be performing on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on Wednesday, May 26 at 11:15AM PST. Check out the video below.

Nada Surf are proud to unveil their video for "Electrocution", taking viewers on a visually innovative and somewhat psychedelic trip through all four seasons of the year. Off of their forthcoming covers album if i had a hi-fi, "Electrocution" was written by Cleveland musician Bill Fox, one of the many artists covered by Nada Surf for the release. if i had a hi-fi is in stores June 8th via the band's label Mardev Records, but fans may purchase the album in CD and Vinyl format exclusively at their upcoming us tour dates.

Tour Dates
MAY

• 24 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
• 25 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
• 26 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
• 27 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 29 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
• 30 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
• 31 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café

JULY

• 08 - Palma de Mallorca, ES - Cultura Club
• 09 - Santa Pola, ES - Camelot Club
• 10 - Liege, BE - Les Ardentes
• 12 - Holland, US - Effenaar Eindhoven
• 13 - Luxembourg, US - Rockhal Club
• 14 - Amsterdam, US - Melkweg Max
• 16 - France, FR - La Guerre du Son
• 17 - Stuttgart, Germany - Tubingen Lauscht
• 19 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
• 20 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
• 22 - Luzern, Switzerland - Schuur
• 23 - Eberndorf Osterreich, AT - Acoustic Lakeside Festival
• 24 - Feldkirch Vorarlberg, AT - Poolbar Festival
• 26 - Aschaffenburg, DE - Colos saal
• 27 - Numberg, DE - Hirsch
• 28 - Munich, DE - Backstage
• 30 - Grossenfehn, DE - Omas Teich

AUGUST

• 07 - Messe, Japan - Summer Sonic ( Marine Stadium)

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Nada Surf Album Details, Tour Dates + MP3

Nada Surf has a new record coming out. if i had a hi-fi, a covers record, is initially only going to be available for purchase at shows. But, after their spring tour, the band has announced that the record will be available digitally and on CD/LP via the the bands label, Mardev Records and distributed through ADA. Nada Surf's spring tour kicks off with three sold-out shows here in New York and ends in May at the Sasquatch Music Festival. To get you all nice and ready for the tour and the record, Nada Surf is giving fans a preview of the upcoming record. You can download their cover of Bill Fox's "Electrocution" in the MP3 Grab below.

if i had a hi-fi is full of inspired, unexpected choices: from avant-pop Kate Bush to underground power-pop classicist Dwight Twilley. There are some intriguingly obscure numbers, like Spanish band Mercromina's "Evolution" and under-documented Bill Fox's "Electrocution." The as yet little known Fox, of Cleveland cult band The Mice, inspired local groups like Guided by Voices and Death of Samantha. Doug Gillard, who was in both of them, lends his highly evolved guitar skills to "Electrocution" as well as the Twilley and Go-Betweens songs.

That was another benefit of these sessions. Says lead singer and guitarist Matthew Caws, "It was a great excuse to have friends of ours sit in on something without having to wait another two years." Guest players include Martin Wenk (Calexico), Phil Peterson (Kay Kay and the Weathered Underground), Joe McGinty (Losers Lounge, Psychedelic Furs) and Holly Miranda.

Nada Surf To Tour & Release Covers Record

Nada Surf have announced that they're releasing their first album of covers. The 12-song if i had a hi-fi features a intriguing mix of songs from the likes of Kate Bush, Moody Blues, Depeche Mode, Go-Betweens, The Soft Pack and more.

The record will initially be available exclusively at shows in physical form. But, fear not friends, Nada Surf are embarking on a tour beginning March 25 so you'll be able to head out to a show, rock out and grab a copy. The tour kicks off with three shows in New York ... hey now. These three shows will be album shows where they will perform their three most recent records in their entirety along with songs from if i had a hi-fi, some fan favorites and b-sides.

The NYC album shows deets ... March 25 at Bowery Ballroom featuring the album Let Go; March 26 at Bell House featuring the album The Weight is a Gift and March 27 at Music Hall of Williamsburg featuring the album Lucky. That sounds like a little slice of Nada Surf fan heaven. Check out their website for tour dates in other parts.

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