- The Almost
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Almost
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Origin = Clearwater, Florida
Genre = Emo [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0nfixqejldte allmusic ((( The Almost > Overview ))) ] ]Alternative rock
Years_active = 2005-present
Label = Virgin, Tooth & Nail
Associated_acts =Underoath Dead Poetic
Beloved
Swans of Never
URL = http://www.thealmost.com
Current_members =Aaron Gillespie Dusty Redmon
Jay Vilardi
Alex Aponte
Kenny Bozich
Past_members = Nick D'AmicoThe Almost is a alternative band from
Clearwater, Florida , most notable for being the side project ofUnderoath drummer/vocalistAaron Gillespie ."Southern Weather"
Their debut record, "
Southern Weather ", was released on [Patrick]April 3 ,2007 , and was recorded in February and March 2006. The first single, "Say This Sooner ", can be heard at The Almost'sPureVolume andMySpace pages, along with "I Mostly Copy Other People" and the demo version of "Never Say I Told You So" (originally named "They Say You Can Never Write I Told You So in a Song But Here I Go"). Aaron recorded every instrument on the album, except for bass on a couple of tracks, with whichKenny Vasoli fromThe Starting Line helped. Aaron is the sole remaining original member in Underoath, in which he drums and sings.The Almost released their first video for "
Say This Sooner " on March 19, 2007. The video premiered onMTV2 's "UNLEASHED", which ran all day long on the hour. The video is also available on MTV2's website. The Almost embarked on the "It's All Happening" tour from December 17 to January 20, 2006, joined by Jay Vilardi (guitar),Dusty Redmon (guitar), Alex Aponte (bass) Rusty Shackleford (vocals) and Kenny Bozich (drums). The tour showcased new songs from the upcoming recording of "Southern Weather".Since The Almost has formed, the band has reached over 11,000,000 plays on their MySpace music page and the band's song "Say This Sooner" has reached number one most played on all of PureVolume.
A video has been made for the second single Southern Weather. It can be seen on the band's Myspace.
History
There is no definitive date as to when
Aaron Gillespie started The Almost. He made a music space for The Almost onOctober 1 ,2005 before he had released any of the songs to the public.On
October 4 ,2005 , he released two of his songs which were the demos for "I Mostly Like to Copy Other People" and "They Say You Can Never Write I Told You So in a Song But Here I Go".Aaron worked with Kenny Vasoli to record a song called "Yule Be Sorry" for Happy Christmas Volume 4 on
Tooth & Nail Records . It was in stores onOctober 25 ,2005 .On
November 7 ,2006 , The Almost released their first song from their debut album on the Tooth & Nailpodcast . The song was called "Johnny Cash" but since then the song name has been switched to "Southern Weather", but now is called "Say This Sooner ". The band also was a part ofWarped Tour 2007 .AG wrote all of the songs himself while recording "
Define the Great Line " with Underoath.In 2007, the band embarked on
Paramore 's headlining tour, RIOT!, alongsideThe Starting Line andSet Your Goals (who played for the first half of the tour.) In May 2008, Aaron announced that The Almost would be entering the studio this winter to record their follow-up album to Southern Weather. In addition, according to their MySpace, The Almost went on tour withEmery ,Envy On The Coast ,Army of Me for all of June and parts of July. In May they also released theB-side song 'Hold On', which was originally only available as a bonus track oniTunes .Discography
ingles
Music videos
External links
* [http://www.thealmost.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thealmost The Almost on MySpace]
* [http://www.mtv2.com/#videoPremiere/1554525 Say This Sooner (No One Will See Things the Way I Do) music video on MTV2]
* [http://www.saintrocknroll.com/interview.php?band=The%20Almost&date=2007-03-23 The Almost interview on SaintRockNRoll.com]References
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