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Singer/songwriter Ace Enders has announced Posture Syndrome, his first new album since 2020. Set to be released on October 31st via Pure Noise Records, the album features Enders’ latest singles “Damaged Goods” and “Heavy”.

“At its core, the album is about loss, learning, letting go, and trying to find hope,” shares Enders. “It’s complex, like everyday life—where we’re all just trying to hold it together while pretending to be the version of ourselves that others will dislike the least. From music business, fear of AI making me obsolete, being old, social media…all the things. That’s where the name Posture Syndrome came from.”

About “Damaged Goods”, he recalls: “One night, after finishing a recording session for another artist around 8 PM, I was having one of those heavy days where I felt left behind and forgotten. Instead of going home, I stayed in the studio until midnight and wrote ‘Damaged Goods.’

It came from that dark place—the feeling that your best days and biggest opportunities might already be behind you. When you can see everything in the rearview but the windshield is foggy.. things get weird. But in writing it, I realized there’s still hope even in those moments. Happiness can come from knowing someone else might learn from your mistakes. And if you’re lucky and are willing to learn how to clean the fog...maybe you even get another shot.”

Regarding “Heavy”, he adds: “It’s about my experience in the industry. This one is bittersweet. It’s about staying on a path for so long that you forget how to turn back—or if you even can. It’s like waking up 20 years in and realizing the mistake you made in year one is still haunting you. You can deny it, but the weight grows heavier with every step forward. That’s life. Bittersweet."

When you're the main songwriter and driving force in a successful band, you often find yourself creatively stifled. Your fans have certain expectations, and therefore you have an obligation to deliver to them an album that meets their expectations, fits in their comfort zone, all while growing and maturing as an artist. The problem with this is, true artists are capable of so much more, music to them is an art, and the urge to create something new and exciting is something that they can't suppress.

Ace Enders has found that success, both critically and commercially, as the main songwriter of The Early November. And as much as Ace loved penning rock classics such as "Ever So Sweet" and "I Want To Hear You Sad", he wanted more, he wanted something different. He wanted to be able to write songs that were more experimental, and creative. He wanted to work in his own studio, on his own schedule and create songs that were truly important to him and a pure reflection of who he was as an artist.

These desires grew until they finally manifested into I Can Make A Mess, Enders' solo project. Over the past 20+ years Enders – now releasing music simply under his own name – has recorded seven full length albums, he's had his songs in commercial movie trailers such as Must Love Dogs and has toured the country with bands such as All American Rejects.

Posture Syndrome tracklist:

1. Posture Syndrome
2. Alaska
3. Recede
4. Dark Weather
5. Almost Awake
6. Strings of Light
7. Damaged Goods
8. I Was An Ocean
9. For What It’s Worth
10. Where I Stand
11. Heavy
12. Smoke Signal
13. Forty Eight
14. Term Life
15. Wide Awake