★★★★★
To be completely honest, I haven't given The Early November a good listen since 'For All of This' came out late in 2002. Obviously over the course of 10 years these pop-punk/emo boys have matured to inde-rock men. After being on hiatus for 6 years and having a reunion tour the band signed to Rise Records whose roster includes such bands as Further Seems Forever, Sleeping with Sirens, and Dace Gavin Dace...
- bigsmilemagazine.com
2013-06-28
★★★★★
Let's forget for a minute that "In Currents" is The Early November's comeback release, one that fans have eagerly - albeit cautiously - awaited after the band's five year split. Looking at this album in isolation from TEN's history and past releases, it's a well puzzled-out product of their roots in emo balanced by a sophisticated exploration in studio musicianship. But we can't look at any album in total isolation...
- www.alterthepress.com
2012-07-23
★★★★★
Sound: Six years after their latest CD (2006's "The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path") and their indefinite hiatus, New Jersey's The Early November comes back on the scene with their newest release, "In Currents"...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-07-19
★★★★★
Sound: It's amazing what a man can do with just an acoustic guitar and his voice. The Early November has the most unique style and sound, it's hard to find a band like that these days. He uses a good variety of chords, as well as different tunings to find the perfect sound for each song, and amazing harmonics and blends them together to form amazing songs...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-07-19
★★★★★
The new wave of emo was beginning to break by the time the Early November dropped The Room's Too Cold in October 2003, but the band's profile didn't suffer as a result. TRTC was, and is, an important record for a lot of people in much the same way as Brand New's Deja Entendu, released a few months prior and a staggeringly crucial benchmark for the scene that still resonates nearly a decade later--even if it's a much weirder record when stacked side-by-side with The Room's Too Cold...
- www.punknews.org
2012-07-16
★★★★★
This wasn't planned. There wasn't supposed to be a reunion show. There was never supposed to be a contract with Rise Records. In Currents was never supposed to be conceived. As far as the Jersey quintet was concerned, The Early November died in 2007. So how the hell did we get here? What caused the band to reunite and subsequently release arguably their best record to date? What higher power must we thank? I guess we (the fans) are to thank...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-07-12
★★★★★
This review originally ran in AP 289. On their first album in six years, the Early November sound tired. That's not to say the songs aren't good--in fact, many are among the best frontman Ace Enders has ever written. But unlike many bands' reunion albums, In Currents feels extremely melancholy and carries a lyrical tone of near-exhaustion--toward life ("A Stain On The Carpet"), love ("Call Off The Wedding Bells") and of course, the music business ("Digital Age")...
- www.altpress.com
2012-07-09
★★★★★
Sound: A giant step forward for the emo/indie band whose last album "The Room's Too Cold" in 2003 was more of an appetizer. For fans like me who've waited three years for another album, it was worth the wait. Enders' visionary 46 track saga spans three discs and tells the story of a boy, with an extremely overbaring father, growing up and leaving home. When he has his own kid, he swears to be nothing like his father, but eventually falls into the hole...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Release Date: December 6, 2002 In the early 2000's, Drive Thru Records and pop punk music in general was at a peak, in a way. Bands like New Found Glory and Something Corporate ruled the mainstream, while Drive Thru continued to have underground success with Midtown, Dashboard Confessional, The Starting Line, etc. Kids found the high-energy, lyrically honest music to be extremely relatable, buying in to the sense of nostalgia and unity these artists created...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-07-04
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