Biography:
Arthur "Ace" Enders is best known as the frontman of the popular emo/punk band the Early November, though he also distinguished himself as a songwriter, producer, and solo artist by tackling several concurrent projects. Born in Hammonton, NJ, in 1982, Enders formed the Early November in 1999. On the strength of a solid demo and a strong local following, they signed a deal with the influential independent label Drive-Thru Records in 2003. While the Early November`s debut EP, For All of This, emphasized the group`s harder-edged material, the band displayed a greater musical sophistication on their first full-length, 2003`s The Room`s Too Cold, which was co-produced by Enders and dominated by his songwriting.
As the Early November blocked out plans for their next album, Enders opted to record and release an album with an acoustic-oriented solo project he called I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody`s Business; Enders wrote the songs, played most of the instruments, and produced the sessions with Chris Badami, his studio collaborator on The Room`s Too Cold. The album was released in the fall of 2004, and a split EP featuring the Early November and I Am the Avalanche appeared in 2005. It wasn`t until the summer of 2006, however, that the Early November finally released their second album. The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path was a sprawling and wildly ambitious three-CD set whose final disc took the form of an audio narrative, with the songs interspersed with dialogue between a young man and his therapist.
