Disco de The Early November: «Room's Too Cold»
Disco de The Early November: «Room's Too Cold»
- Valoración de usuarios: (4.2 de 5)
- Título:Room's Too Cold
- Fecha de publicación:2003-10-07
- Tipo:Audio CD
- Sello discográfico:Drive-Thru
- UPC:602498609781
- 1 Ever So Sweetimg 4:12
- 2 Something That Produces Resultsimg 2:56
- 3 The Mountain Range in My Living Roomimg 4:19
- 4 Sesame, Smeshameimg 4:16
- 5 Baby Blueimg 3:43
- 6 The Course of Human Lifeimg 5:26
- 7 Dinner at the Money Tableimg 4:07
- 8Exchanging Two-Hundred
- 9 My Sleep Pattern Changedimg 3:41
- 10 Fluxyimg 3:30
- 11 Everything's Too Cold... But You're So Hotimg 6:35
Co-produced by lead singer/songwriter Ace Enders and Chris Badami (producer of their 2002 EP For All Of This), The Room's Too Cold is a striking departure for The Early November (as well as for Drive-Thru Records, which crosses new musical frontiers with this album). The band passed on using synths, auto-tune and pro-tools. Instead, they went for natural sound and intensity, using vintage amps and instruments, a live string section and predominantly first-take vocals.
With its off-kilter rhythms, unconventional melodies and enigmatic lyrics, The Room's Too Cold is not always easy to understand. "This record kind of sneaks up on you," notes Enders, whose soulful vocals dominate. "You gotta listen to it a few times before you come around."
Indeed, the album's 11 songs are richly varied, though the band deliberately left imperfections on the album, because that’s just how life is: imperfect. Tracks like "Ever So Sweet," "Baby Blue," "Fluxy" (which features an appearance by the Starting Line's Ken Vasoli) and "The Course of Human Life," traverse broad emotional landscapes.
"The Mountain Range In My Living Room" is about that all-too-human tendency to sweep problems under the rug. Says Marro, "It's about any sort of problem and how people just ignore it or don't say anything. We think it's far more rewarding to figure out what a song means by reading the lyrics and figuring things out on your own. We don't just want to hand it to the listener."
The album’s closer, "Everything’s So Cold..But You’re So Hot" is a personal accounting of the end of a relationship that fell into the trap of continual forgiving and forgetting. "Time makes it fine," sings Enders, but eventually it’s time to let go.
Similar to Brand New's 'Deja Entendu' album, you can really hear how The Early November has matured on this album. I don't really understand all of the negative reviews, as their sometimes strange guitar riffs ("Something that Produces Results") are anything but ordinary. Here's a rundown:
1) Ever So Sweet
2) Something that Produces Results
3) The Mountain Range in My Living Room
4) Sesame, Smeshame
5) Baby Blue
6) The Course of Human Life
7) Dinner at the Money Table
8) Exchanging Two Hundred
9) My Sleep Pattern Changed
10) Fluxy
11) Everything's Too Cold...But You're So Hot
All in all, this CD isn't as catchy as the 'For All of This' EP, but it doesnt have to be. This shows just how talented these guys are, being able to write such diverse music. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up. Verdict: 94/100
I don't really know what to call this record. This isn't emo at all. The vocalist's voice is much more powerful and has much better range than your typical emo vocalist. It is also much more complex and varied and has a much wider scope than any "emo" record...yet, I would compare this record to Jimmy Eat World's "Clarity" whom are one of the few bands that can accurately be described as emo. Go figure.
At any rate, this really is a great CD. I usually avoid any band on Drive-Thru records, however, remembering this band from many years back in New Jersey before Drive-Thru fame, I gave this record a shot.
Whether you're looking for acoustic, bouncy, catchy pop rock, or just flat out beautiful ballads, its pretty much all here.
If you're looking to download...here's how the songs breakdown.
Acoustic:
Ever So Sweet
Dinner At The Money Table
Catchy:
Something That Produces Results
Mountain Range In My Living Room
Sesame, Sheshame
Fluxy
Baby Blue
Ballads:
Exchanging Two Hundred
My Sleep Pattern Changed
Everything's Too Cold, but You're So Hot
The Course of Human Life
everything just works. The song flow really well together, the music is well done, and sounds as if they took their time to explore every idea. Its a well done record. While I wouldn't say the lyrics are exactly groundbreaking, they are wonderfully abstract leaving you to interpret the song. If you've got an open mind and like indie rock, emo (real emo), or pop, I strongly suggest this CD.
I fell in love with the For All of This EP, but I found myself just wanting more. I thought if the band could make me fall so hard for them with just an EP, a full length album has just got to be amazing. And I was right. The Early November have perfected the art of mixing emo and punk. Ace Enders writes lyrics like no other and the band as a whole has a raw, real sound that I haven't heard from anyone else. These guys can more than hold their own in a genre where everyone sounds the same. They have fully defined themselves with this CD. Each song sounds different from the others and makes you feel something different. "Ever So Sweet" is so beautiful your heart will beat along to it. "Baby Blue" makes you want to get up and jump around or dance, which Jeff and Ace actually do on the second Drive Thru Records DVD. Kenny Vasoli's (The Starting Line) guest vocals on "Fluxy" are an added bonus. The Early November aren't just a bunch of guys that play instruments and formed a band, they're really musical artists.
this is an excelent cd. The Early November are an extremely talented band. I think there great talent sometimes goes unoticed. Im a big fan of drive-thru bands and when i saw these guys live on the 2004 warped tour i was hooked. The day after warped tour i went to the store and picked up a copy of this cd and also a copy of there EP called "for all of this" also an amazing CD. the cd hooks you in and is packed full of emotion. In my mind the stand out tracks are "baby Blue" and "Something That Produces Results" another really good song is the first one called "ever so sweet" its a great song,but its a slow song. I think it doesnt really fit as the first song but it doesnt take away from how great this cd is.
Ok. Ill be the first to admit, i wasnt a fan of Early November. I didn't totally like the EP, though tracks like 'For All Of This' and 'Everynight's Another Story' shined through. I wasnt too keen on their LP, and reluctant to buy it as i expected a follow up to the EP. Man i was wrong. By a long shot. This cd is amazing. The Early November has progressed like no other band has. The full length debut absolutly blew my mind. I never knew they were this good. This album, is like a human. It goes through every emotion possible.
1. 'Ever So Sweet' - As far as i can remeber, i dont remeber any record starting off acousticly (expect if its an acoustic record). A very good song indded. The Novembers acompained by an orchestra.
I love this album, and i really think they are one of the underrated bands out there. This albums proves the Novembers are here to stay. Very good technically and very mature considering their age.