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[ Thursday, March 18, 2004 ]

November in spring
The Early November returns with Hey Mercedes and more

Collegian Staff Writer

Drive-Thru Records fans will have a second chance to catch The Early November and three other pop-punk bands in State College next week.

The Early November, Hey Mercedes, Limbeck and Spitalfield will play at 9 p.m. Monday at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.

"It's a cool little show," said Dave Wells, director of operations for Crowbar. "[The bands are] doing real well right now, so we're pretty fortunate to pick up this particular show."

Concert
What: The Early November, Hey Mercedes, Limbeck and Spitalfield
When: 9 p.m. Monday
Where: Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.
Details: Tickets for the all ages show are $10.

The four bands have been on tour together since March 3 and will continue playing in the Northeast through the end of the month.

This is the first headlining tour for The Early November, though the band did open for The Starting Line here in October.

"I barely ever know what state we're going to be in whenever," drummer Jeff Krummer said. "We get excited right before we go on. That's when it really hits you because you're going to play. You're exhausted until the second you get on stage. We want to put on a good show and have fun."

While satisfying the audience is The Early November's goal, the also band tries to stay true to the musical and performance style it has developed over the years to win over fans, Krummer said.

"We do what we do, and hopefully, people like our live show," Krummer said. "We like to make music for all the right reasons, like not forcing anything and doing everything natural. We make music not to sound like something but what comes out and feels right."

Spitalfield singer and guitarist Mark Rose said this tour is a bit intimidating for the band because the members of Spitalfield are fans of the other groups that share the bill.

"I get nervous around them," Rose said. "The Early November, Hey Mercedes; they're some of my favorite bands."

Even though Spitalfield is not as well known as the other bands on the tour, its members have actually played together since 1998, when they started the band as a side project.

"We started to have more focus and realized this was more of what we wanted to do than our other bands," Rose said.

In the past few years, Spitalfield has started to gain regional recognition around areas like Iowa and Ohio, Rose said.

"We're really starting to feel the love," he added.

Last year, the band was signed to Victory Records, and has been recording and touring ever since.

"Our album came out in June, and we've been out ever since," Rose said. "It's great though. We love doing it. It's cool to be in a new place every night and just perform. It's a dream for all of us."

 

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