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.[6] The band recorded 17 songs in total for the album, with 11 songs making the final cut.[7] Enders and Badami met with David Rimelis to arrange a string part for "Ever So Sweet".[8]
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.[9]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.[10] In March 2004, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Limbeck, Spitalfield and Hey Mercedes.[11] A music video was filmed for "Something That Produces Results" in April 2004.[12] 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.[13][14] They went on a brief East Coast tour with A Thorn for Every Heart, Engine Down and Days Away at the start of 2005.[15] In February 2005, the group supported Sugarcult on the US Take Action Tour.[16] 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.[17]
Reception
Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gave the album a highly positive review.[18]
All lyrics written by Arthur Enders, except one line in "Baby Blue" by Matt Pryor, all songs written by the Early November.[6]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Ever So Sweet"
4:19
2.
"Something That Produces Results"
2:43
3.
"The Mountain Range in My Living Room"
4:11
4.
"Sesame, Smeshame"
4:15
5.
"Baby Blue"
3:42
6.
"The Course of Human Life"
5:26
7.
"Dinner at the Money Table"
3:57
8.
"Exchanging Two Hundred"
4:27
9.
"My Sleep Pattern Changed"
3:37
10.
"Fluxy"
3:29
11.
"Everything's Too Cold ... But You're So Hot"
6:34
Total length:
46:40
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
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