The Early November & Hellogoodbye: 20 Years Young

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Doors: 7PM

Show: 8PM

Presales: Wednesday, November 19th 1PM EST - Thursday, November 20th 11:59PM [All Password Protected]

On Sale: Friday, November 21th 10AM EST

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 frontman 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.”

Hellogoodbye:

There’s a palpable commitment to self that permeates every Hellogoodbye album, a fearless
headfirst dive into one’s own inspiration.

Where many bands who find success (“Here In Your Arms”, the first single from their debut
record, is certified platinum) become beholden to the genre that first brought in their fanbase,
Forrest Kline has always been more interested in following his own compass. The breezy
ukulele folk-pop moments of debut album “Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!” evolved into
joyous indie-punk on 2010’s “Would It Kill You?”. The band’s 3rd album “Everything is
Debatable”, is a frenetic electro-dance anxiety practice in controlled chaos.

The changes Hellogoodbye make from record to record aren’t attempts to divert expectations,
though they undoubtedly do. The title track of “S’Only Natural” conjures up a celebratory vision
of balloons falling from the ceiling. Illuminated by sweeping disco strings, the song grooves
forward with unassuming confidence, like Meryl Streep sauntering back up to the podium to
grab her third Oscar of the night. Each iteration gives Kline a chance to invite the listener into a
whole new world, like an older sibling excitedly showing you a new band he just discovered.