The Early November Releases 'What We Earn' From Self-Titled Album
The Early November will release their forthcoming Self-Titled album, set for release on June 14th.
By: Michael Major Mar. 12, 2024
Alternative rock group The Early November will release their forthcoming Self-Titled album, set for release on June 14th via Pure Noise Records.
Featuring lead single “What We Earn”, The Early November is a 10 song collection that pays homage to who the band is, was, and has yet to become. Pre-order The Early November here: https://purenoiserecs.lnk.to/TheEarlyNovember.
On the new single, frontman Ace Enders shares: “'What We Earn' was the first song written for the album, and probably the most intense as well. It's about the realization that the glass ceiling over our heads is supported by the walls we build throughout our lives.”
In addition to the new album, The Early November has announced a full US headline tour with support from Spitalfield, Hellogoodbye, Hit The Lights, and Cliffdiver. The tour kicks off on June 22nd in New York City, with stops to follow in Chicago, San Francisco, Orlando, Richmond, and more. Pre-sale tickets will be available starting tomorrow, with general on-sale starting this Friday, March 15th. For more information, please visit: https://purenoiserecs.lnk.to/TEN_music.
About The Early November
After two decades, it would be all too easy for a band to just phone it in—capitalize on the fanbase they've built up in that time and just make a watered-down version of themselves. Not for The Early November, however. Ever since forming in New Jersey in 2001, the band, now consisting of front man Ace Enders and founding drummer Jeff Kummer— have constantly been striving to find the best and most definitive version of themselves.
With this self-titled record, the seventh studio album of their career, the duo have come as close as is possible to doing so. It's an album that ties the past, present and future all together, and as such, it marks what Enders calls a “period or exclamation point in our sentence”. It's not a new beginning, per se, but nevertheless something emphatic that signifies, in Enders' words again, “a pivotal moment” for them both.
“The initial spark of this record was frustration,” he says. “Although we are growing in many ways and it's a beautiful thing to be able to do what we do, it was born out of feeling like you're doing the same thing over and over again, and out of this ‘I don't care' mentality. Not ‘I don't care about the world', but really digging deep artistically and having the view that if this is it, then I want The Early November to finally have the album that's good enough to be the self-titled album.”
“There have been so many highs and lows throughout the career of this band,” adds Kummer, “but it got very dark. And a lot of this record is coming out of that, but we're still here with a collection of brand new songs and it feels right. I feel more connected to where Ace's mind is with this record than I ever have before.”
Recorded last spring at Enders' studio in Ocean City, NJ, The Early November ripples with those very emotions that inspired its ten songs, but also carries within them the creative freedom to experiment that feeling shunned instilled in them. It immediately draws you into its world with the emotive exhilaration of opener “The Empress”. It's classic Early November—full of highs and lows, youthful turbulence and tenderness, self-reflective quietude mixed with bursts of anthemic melody—and expertly sets the scene the tone of the record, musically and thematically.
One of four songs named after tarot cards—“The Magician”, “The Fool” and “The High Priestess” are the others—it pits innocence against experience, infusing the trademark visceral emotion of the band's songs with a previously unmatched level of introspection.
“Maybe it's because I'm older,” says Enders, “but when I'm in a hard place trying to figure out what the next turn in life that I have to do to keep me sane is, it's almost like you find yourself looking at those kind of cards. And when one's pulled out that you don't like or that maybe doesn't make sense, you look into it and try to make sense of it. So it was all about grasping at anything or anybody to tell me what to do, whether that's a mystical power or a fortune teller. A lot of these songs are struggles, trying to make sense of those very moments—of pulling a card that doesn't reflect how you want it to reflect and isn't what you were hoping for—and where they put you ten years down the road. It's very much looking within and trying to replay those things that keep you up at night.”
Upcoming Tour Dates:
6/22 – New York, NY @ LPR
6/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
6/25 – Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
6/27 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Crafthouse
6/28 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
6/29 – Lakewood, OH @ The Roxy
6/30 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
7/2 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
7/3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
7/5 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
7/6 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/7 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theatre
7/9 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It
7/10 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
7/12 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
7/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/14 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
7/16 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
7/17 – Washington, DC @ Union Stag
7/18 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
7/19 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
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