The Room's Too Cold is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Early November, released on October 7, 2003, through Drive-Thru Records.
Combining elements of emo and pop punk, that album's material is considered to represent scene music by publications such as Alternative Press.
Background and recording The Room's Too Cold was produced by Chris Badami and co-produced by frontman Arthur 'Ace' Enders and was recorded at Portrait Recording Studio in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Badami also acted as engineer, with assistance from Michelle Dispenziere; Badami mixed the tracks before the album was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New York City. The band recorded 17 songs in total for the album, with 11 songs making the final cut.The Early November 2003, event occurs at 14:02–6 Enders and Badami met with David Rimelis to arrange a string part for "Ever So Sweet".The Early November 2003, event occurs at 13:25–35
The album features a guest appearance from Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, who was also signed to Drive-Thru at the time.
Release Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour. The Room's Too Cold was released on October 7. In January 2004, the band went on a tour of the UK, with Allister, Home Grown, Hidden in Plain View, and Yourcodenameis:milo. In March 2004, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Limbeck, Spitalfield and Hey Mercedes. A music video was filmed for "Something That Produces Results" in April 2004. In April and May 2004, the band supported Less Than Jake on their tour of North America, and performed at the Skate and Surf Festival. They went on a brief East Coast tour with A Thorn for Every Heart, Engine Down and Days Away at the start of 2005. In February 2005, the group supported Sugarcult on the US Take Action Tour. In late 2013, the album was repressed on vinyl through Rise Records. In addition, the group performed it in its entirety in December of the same year.
Reception Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gave the album a highly positive review.https://www.allmusic.com/album/rooms-too-cold-mw0000325504
The album peaked at number 107 on US Billboard 200.
Track listing All lyrics written by Arthur Enders, except one line in "Baby Blue" by Matt Pryor, all songs written by the Early November.
Notes "Something That Produces Results" & "Baby Blue" both have an acoustic renditions on Aces band I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business acoustic album "Dust'n Off the Ol" Gee-Tar." The line "I don't want you to love me anymore" on the track "Baby Blue" is taken directly from a The Get Up Kids song "No Love" on their debut album Four Minute Mile. The singles were The Mountain Range in My Living Room and Something That Produces Results
Personnel Personnel per booklet.
The Early November Arthur Enders – vocals, guitar, percussion, samples, keyboards Sergio Anello – bass guitar, percussion Jeff Kummer – drums, percussion Joseph Marro – guitar, Rhodes piano, keyboards, vibraphone
Additional musicians David Rimelis – string arrangements The Madison String Quartet – strings Evelyn Estavaof – violin Elizabeth Schulze – viola Gerall Hieser – cello Kenny Vasoli – additional vocals (track 10)
Production and design Chris Badami – producer, engineer, mixing Arthur Enders – producer Michelle Dispenziere – assistant engineer Alan Douches – mastering Asterik Studio – art direction, design The Early November – art direction Jeff Gross – photography Dennis Kleiman – band photography
Charts Album Chart (2003)PeakpositionUS Billboard 200107Top Heatseekers Albums1
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