Another set of reviews:

Basically, they did everything right here. Get There is an intelligent, authentic alternative rock album that sounds as enjoyable to live in as it probably was to make. 4/5

Michael Roffman, Consequence Of Sound

Usually when experienced music veterans join forces, the result is a mixed bag wherein it’s blatantly obvious where one party took the songwriting into his or her own hands. But on their first project as a duo, Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws have a synergy that makes you wonder why they didn’t collaborate sooner., 74%

Daniel Kahn, Filter

The overall mood of Minor Alps’ first outing is somewhat downbeat and yet wistful. Two rockers who really hit their stride during the Clinton years are now in middle age and I think the subject matter here (relationships won and lost, self-reflection, “mixed feelings) is mirroring that.

Andrew W Griffin Red Dirt Report

There is so much to love in all of the songs here, and hearing Hatfield and Caws together makes you wonder why it couldn't have happened sooner, but then again; there is a season for all things, and this is so obviously theirs.

Girl About Town

Theres a nice photo set by David Lee at Flickr.

The first Minor Alps show ever. #Barsuk15 pic.twitter.com/q6StXMQEcy

— Seth Sommerfeld (@sethsommerfeld) November 9, 2013

Minor Alps set list Nov 8, 2013 pic.twitter.com/DhL1mHfRvl

— matthew caws (@nadasurf) November 9, 2013

After a radio session earlier in the day, Minor Alps debut live appearance took place last night at the Neptune Theater, Seattle as part of the Barsuk Records 15th anniversary.

They both played acoustic guitar with Juliana also on keyboards, while Matthew ran the effects and drum loops.

Notable setlist moments:

Live On Tomorrow, baby! Live On Tomorrow with special Juliana guitar solo no less.

Candy Wrappers with Matthew on lead vocal.

Thanks to Charlie for the info.

There's a brief Q&A with Juliana at the San Francisco Examiner.

Also, more Get There reviews:

The pairing of these two accomplished musicians has found its place in history. It's well worth hoping that we Get There more often, 8.1/10

Richard Becker, Liquid [Hip]

Caws and Hatfield may have matured, but if Get There shows anything it’s that those youthful feelings of loneliness never completely fade. 4/5

Sarah Edmonds, The Upcoming

There’s something about the wistful melancholy of the songs—in both the lyrics and the sweetly downbeat music—that makes the whole album seem like faintly remembered dispatches of twentysomething angst. There are details throughout—or, to be accurate, maybe just a tone—that feel more appropriate for songwriters still of the age of post-collegiate confused emotions than a couple music biz veterans closer to 50 than 40. There’s nothing wrong with that, per se, but it does sap some of the urgency from the album, which becomes a bit more of an issue when the vocals are calibrated to Hatfield’s trademark adorable disaffectedness.3/5

Dan Seeger Spectrum Culture

There’s nothing groundbreaking or vital in the 11 songs collected here. It’s adult alternative lifestyle music that will offend no one, and it should make a pleasantly unobtrusive soundtrack for sipping frothy lattes or perusing the Pottery Barn catalog for new drapes.

Mike Kalil, Las Vegas CityLife

Thanks to Carlos for many of the recent links.

Minor Alps will play an in-store acoustic set at Main Street Music, Manayunk, Philadelphia at 6pm on November 22.

This is ahead of their previously announced World Café Live appearance later that evening.

OK so this is tenuous Juliana news. I know.

Comedian Rob Delaney's autobiography (Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.) is published today in the US. It comes out in the UK on December 12.

It begins with a single line quotation from Juliana - the finest Juliana lyric of them all. If you disagree you are wrong.

If you can't guess what it is, you can do the 'Look Inside' thing at the publishers' site and go to page 7.

Moar:

Get There is an accomplished debut album, not that we would expect any less from these two. With a collection of solid tunes under their belt, Hatfield and Caws are only just beginning to scratch the surface of what this new musical relationship has to offer.

Clare Povey, Planet Notion

Supergroups can sometimes be a letdown, but with Minor Alps, Caws and Hatfield bring to the table and combine their best individual qualities into a highly appealing cohesive unit. "Get There" is the work of two of indie rock's most undersung masters.

Allan Raible, ABC News

They wrote, sang and played everything (except drums) on the album, meshing individual styles where they comfortably overlap, in a zone of graceful, grown-up folk-rock.

Jon Parales, New York Times

Fans of shitty ruined photography cool filters may wish to note that Juliana is now on Instagram.

Minor Alps are scheduled for a radio session on KEXP next week (Friday, November 8) at 1pm Seattle time. This is ahead of their debut live appearance in the city later that day as part of the Barsuk Records 15th anniversary.

Further reviews of the new Minor Alps album:

The Minor Alps have arrived, and Get There is a worthy story of their journey.

Justin Weller, mxdwn.com

And while the current hipster generation might be unfamiliar with these veteran alt-rockers, fans of contemporary indie pop and electro-folk (Bon Iver springs to mind) will definitely find enjoyment in songs like the gorgeously rustic Maxon, the poignant Waiting For You and thoughtful Buried Plans., 4/5

Kevin Mathews, Today

Hopefully this isn't a one-off, since Get There is as pleasurable as anything Hatfield or Nada Surf have offered listeners in recent years.

Mark Deming, AllMusic

There's an audio interview with Juliana at WYEP, where she discusses Minor Alps.

(Diffuser): We’re going to put each of you on the spot for a second: Matthew: What is your favorite Juliana Hatfield song or album? Juliana: What is your favorite Nada Surf song or album?

MC: Whoa. Well, there’s a recent song called ‘Candy Wrappers’ that I adore. I love a lot of songs by the Who, but the first one I fell for was ‘Can’t Explain,’ and it’s still my favorite. So in this case, the [Blake Babies] song called ‘Out There’ on ‘Sunburn,’ is still one of my favorite songs by anybody. But I’m just a big fan in general. I really feel like a lot of what Juliana does is stuff that I wished I did myself. I said once that I thought maybe our ancestors are from the same town in Scotland. There’s something deeply connected for me, melodically.

JH: It’s weird how when we sing together, it just falls into place easily. It just makes so much sense without having to think about it. It’s just like a real nice thing that happens to happen. You can’t really explain it. I, like many people, think that the ‘Let Go’ album is probably like Top 10 desert-island-disc-type [material], and then from the recent album [‘The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy’], I was really obsessed with the song ‘The Moon Is Calling.’ I was in art school that year — for that one year the record was out — but I would drive back and forth to school every day and that song was on repeat; it was the only thing I’d listen to over and over and over again to art school for months. And I was really obsessed with it. I’m not sure why. It’s nothing I can explain. Something just hit that spot deep inside of me.

There's a terrific interview with Juliana and Matthew at Diffuser, where they talk in depth about the songs and recording of Get There.

Some links for reviews of the Minor Alps album:

However, despite this largely being an album about isolation and the internal struggles that come with it, Hatfield and Caws sing nearly every line on Get There together, as in simultaneously. Naturally, I expected the two to trade off lead vocal duties on the album, but instead they share almost every lyric, never fighting for the spotlight and often using this dynamic to create really beautiful, moving harmonies, such as at the end of “Buried Plans.” 8.8/10

Michael Garrity, Paste

This combo creates a very intimate and satisfying listen as you might already guess. Caws typical hush vocal delivery shines in this setting and when Hatfield chimes in on a harmony, it is the perfect complement. 3.5/5

The Fire Note

Rather than simply trading lead vocal duties, they take the effortless harmonies route instead, making it hard to discern where one voice ends and the other begins. While the acoustic songs are satisfyingly pretty, particularly "Maxon," it's when they make the switch to electric that it comes alive. 7/10

Michael Edwards, exclaim.ca

The duo co-write, sing and play nearly every instrument on a predominantly lush, lovely rendered debut that is never less than pleasant. Unfortunately, it’s seldom more than that either as these amiable tunes drift on a dreamy haze that threatens to slide into a memorable chorus or melody, but seldom does. 2.5/5

Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter

A few weeks on from releasing her solo acoustic album we have more Juliana music to enjoy this week.

Minor Alps (Juliana's project with Nada Surf's Matthew Caws) release their album Get There today (Oct 28) in the UK via Ye Olde Records. The album is available on physical CD (Amazon UK affiliate link) and is also up on digital download sites.

The album is out tomorrow (Oct 29) in the US via Barsuk.

Labels for other regions vary, with release dates between now and mid-November.

Fire Records have this month reissued the first three Lemonheads albums - Hate Your Friends (1987), Creator (1988) and Lick (1989), "featuring copious bonus tracks and many never-before released rarities and live recordings."

Rampant Juliana completists may care to note that track 24 on the reissue of Creator is a Lemonheads branded version of the Blake Babies' From Here To Burma, featuring composers Strohm on drums and Hatfield on vocals. Rdio link.

A week ahead of the US release date, Rolling Stone is streaming the Minor Alps album Get There.

It would seem that this stream is not available outside the US.

UPDATE As Andrew mentions in the comments there is another stream at MuchMusic, which might be Canada only.

The first video from Minor Alps debut release "Get There", out October 29th 2013 on Barsuk Records. Minor Alps is Matthew Caws of Nada Surf and Juliana Hatfield.

As was the case with last year's covers album it doesn't appear that Juliana has sent any review copies out or employed any kind of publicist for 'Wild Animals'.

Reviews are therefore in short supply.

Snob's Music gave a 7/10 score in a write up posted within days of the Pledge release in August.

Other than a few comments there hasn't been much else.

Today Andrew Griffin has posted a 4/5 rated review at Red Dirt Report. Thanks to Andrew for sharing the link.