The Room's Too Cold

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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.<ref name=TRTCbooklet/> The band recorded 17 songs in total for the album, with 11 songs making the final cut.<ref>The Early November 2003, event occurs at 14:02–6</ref> Enders and Badami met with David Rimelis to arrange a string part for "Ever So Sweet".<ref>The Early November 2003, event occurs at 13:25–35</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In March 2004, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Limbeck, Spitalfield and Hey Mercedes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A music video was filmed for "Something That Produces Results" in April 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They went on a brief East Coast tour with A Thorn for Every Heart, Engine Down and Days Away at the start of 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2005, the group supported Sugarcult on the US Take Action Tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reception

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gave the album a highly positive review.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/rooms-too-cold-mw0000325504</ref>

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Track listing

All lyrics written by Arthur Enders, except one line in "Baby Blue" by Matt Pryor, all songs written by the Early November.<ref name=TRTCbooklet/> Template:Tracklist

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.<ref name=TRTCbooklet>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> Template:Col-start Template:Col-2 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)

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• 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)	Peak position
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	107
Top Heatseekers Albums	1

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