The Early November – For All Of This

The Early November are one of Drive-Thru Records‘ newest signings. They are a four piece emo-rock band from out of New Jersey. Ace Enders on guitar and vocals,  Jeff Kummer on drums, Sergio Anello on bass and rounding off the quartet is John Dubitsky on guitar. Their debut EP, release appropriately in the early November, (Nov. 5th, 2002), has 7 two to three minutes emo-rock songs, and finishing the EP off with a nine minute song (We Write The Wrong).

First off, once you pop this little EP into your hardrive, you start installing the Universal Media Player. This is a neat little toy which has been on a couple recent DTR releases. Read my Allister review onLast Stop Suburbia for a more detailed description of what the program does. The video they have this time is an acoustic live video of Ace in his basement. It is only one video, but it has two songs on it. The first one is Open Eyes, this song is NOT on the EP. It is a pretty good song, but the volume changes too much. The second song is on the EP, Sunday Drive. The video is pretty good, but not the most exciting. At this point I would also like to point out that there is an acoustic version of the EP, but you can only get it at Drivethrurecords.com. Both versions have the enhanced portion.

They open the album with Every Night’s Another Story (one of the three MP3.com favorites, the other two being  All We Ever Needed  and Ashala Rock. Once the rumors of TEN signing to DTR, those three songs got over 180,000 downloads in two months. They have also now added I Want To Hear You Sad to MP3.com). It starts off with a metallic riff, like the one of Midtown‘s opener, Become What You Hate. I really like this song. It has some changes in the volume and rhythm, which add to the effectiveness of the song. It has some catchy lyrics and is just an amazing song to open the EP with.

The second song is one of my favorite on the whole EP. I Want To Hear You Sad is the song which comes to mind when you mention TEN. Most likely because it is the song used to promote the EP the most by DTR. It has great lyrics, which just get stuck in your mind (For All Of This, I’m Better Off Without Out You. Do You Regret, All Your Loneliness?) while maintaining an incredible tune. All You Ever Needed comes third in the onslaught of amazing songs. This one is a slower song then the previous two. I like the song,  and urge you to listen to it. Sunday Drive is the fourth song. It is one of the slowest songs on the EP. Its a OK song, but definitely one of my least favorite on the album.

Take Time And Find comes fifth on “For All Of This“. This song has a different sound then the rest of the EP. It has a much harder sound and one that is the most electric. It was done well, but its not my favorite. Ashala Rock is a great song. It starts off soft and slow then gets a lot harder and very powerful. It has good lyrics and is just a overall wonderful song. Come Back is an incredibly slow song with a chorus that is just mesmerizing. It has a great beat and it a great slow song.

The final song is We Write The Wrong. I think they ended the EP badly with it.  The song itself is ok, but the music afterwards just drags on and on and on, repeating itself many times. Other then that I am quite impressed with the EP, and expect to see more of them soon. I am not sure if I’ll be bale to come back to this in a year and still like it, but it is good to keep my occupied for a while.