The Early November

这是新泽西的流行朋克乐队，The Early November是隶属于以标榜emo, pop, 和punk复兴者的唱片公司 Drive Thru 的一支年轻五人组。2000年，经理Richard Reines发现了乐队的灵魂Arthur "Ace" Enders的才能，这位二年级的小伙子编、演、唱面面俱佳，后来乐队不断扩充，bass手 Sergio Anello, 鼓手 Jeff Kummer和 吉他手Joseph Marro于2000年到2002年陆续加入，并在同年出版了处女专辑ＥＰ《For All of This》打开市场，他们所拥有的年轻人特有的激昂、真诚感染了每位听众，使得其也参加了Drive Thru的巡演 Warped Tour's Stage，2003年，乐队真正的专辑《Room's Too Cold 》在毫无消息下发行，这也是Drive Thru有史以来最成功的专辑，Arthur "Ace" Enders将他的民谣、叙事才能通过他丰富嗓音表现出来。The Early November带着这张专辑游遍了美国各地，在2004年才华已经漫溢的Arthur "Ace" Enders玩完他的solo专辑《I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business》后闭门不出，为以后的专辑积蓄力量。
The principals of the Early November were youthful enough to have grown up with the Drive-Thru Records sound, a formula that incorporates sensitive emo, pop, and punk revivalist amalgams with a bit of post-hardcore grit. The boys in the band first came out of the box in 2000, fighting to secure shows in their busy south Jersey scene, and hoping to land a deal with Drive-Thru. One way or another, their wish came true. Label figureheads Richard and Stefanie Reines signed vocalist/guitarist "Ace" (Arthur) Enders, bassist Sergio Anello, drummer Jeff Kummer, and guitarist Joseph Marro in early 2002 on the strengths of their demo and a solid MP3.com buzz, and by November 2002 the band had made their label debut with the For All of This EP. Promising appearances on the Warped Tour's Drive-Thru stage that summer spread the word, and by 2003, anticipation for an Early November full-length was brimming. Room's Too Cold dropped in October 2003. It was a particularly lush take on the Drive-Thru sound, with strings and ballads and a focus on the rich vocal presence of Enders. The band toured extensively behind the record; Enders later issued the first effort from his solo project I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business in late 2004 and briefly toured behind the disc. Enders then turned back to TEN, and writing began that summer for their follow-up sophomore release. Recording commenced in February 2005 with a fifth member on board, guitarist Bill Lugg. The band also released a summer split EP with I Am the Avalanche, Vinnie Caruana's post-Movielife project. The resulting The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path was eventually issued in July 2006 as an ambitious triple album. (The band took a cut in royalties to make sure it was offered at a single-disc price.) Boasting a rock-oriented disc ("The Mechanic"), a more mellow, stripped-down disc ("The Mother"), and a third character-based soundtrack with dialogue to intermingle among the first two ("The Path"), the album was conceptually based around a troubled father-son relationship and the subsequent imperfect relationship between the then-adult son and his own child. Various rounds of touring followed. In March 2007, the Early November announced its plans to go on an indefinite hiatus after the completion of scheduled dates that year to spend more time with family.