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Side project of drummer/vocalist of Underoath.
A Monster Monster is on the loose.
The Almost’s second album for Tooth & Nail /Virgin Records began taking shape just as soon as the band came off the road after touring for their 2007 debut, Southern Weather, including a stint on that summer’s Warped tour.
That album, which debuted at 39 on Billboard’s Top 200, earned them a Top 10 single at Alternative radio, and a spot on MTV’s Discover & Download… , was essentially the work of a single individual—Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie, who wrote all the songs, played all the instruments and then recruited a band to play them live, starting with fellow Floridian Jay Vilardi, a veteran of several well-known area bands like Metal Blade’s Phoenix Mourning and Orlando-based Hand to Hand.
“My job was to teach everyone the songs,” explains Vilardi, who describes himself as the band’s musical director. The addition of Philadelphia-based guitarist Dusty Redman, himself a veteran of Tooth & Nail bands like Beloved and Dead Poetic and Salt Lake City bassist Alex Aponte rounded out the line-up.
The now thoroughly road-tested band was intent to make their latest a completely collaborative effort, melding their talents into a whole that was more than the sum of its individual parts. The process began with Vilardi, Redmon and Aponte e-mailing files back and forth to Gillespie, who was busy penning lyrics and coming up with musical ideas of his own while touring with Underoath, before all four of them got together in the studio to jam and work out the arrangements.
A Monster Monster is on the loose.
The Almost’s second album for Tooth & Nail /Virgin Records began taking shape just as soon as the band came off the road after touring for their 2007 debut, Southern Weather, including a stint on that summer’s Warped tour.
That album, which debuted at 39 on Billboard’s Top 200, earned them a Top 10 single at Alternative radio, and a spot on MTV’s Discover & Download… , was essentially the work of a single individual—Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie, who wrote all the songs, played all the instruments and then recruited a band to play them live, starting with fellow Floridian Jay Vilardi, a veteran of several well-known area bands like Metal Blade’s Phoenix Mourning and Orlando-based Hand to Hand.
“My job was to teach everyone the songs,” explains Vilardi, who describes himself as the band’s musical director. The addition of Philadelphia-based guitarist Dusty Redman, himself a veteran of Tooth & Nail bands like Beloved and Dead Poetic and Salt Lake City bassist Alex Aponte rounded out the line-up.
The now thoroughly road-tested band was intent to make their latest a completely collaborative effort, melding their talents into a whole that was more than the sum of its individual parts. The process began with Vilardi, Redmon and Aponte e-mailing files back and forth to Gillespie, who was busy penning lyrics and coming up with musical ideas of his own while touring with Underoath, before all four of them got together in the studio to jam and work out the arrangements.
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Shoutbox
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capricornsista5 wrote:
i completely adore summer summer.
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saythissooner wrote:
souls on ten <3333333333333333
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jerkfacemegannn wrote:
<3
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chownsyyx wrote:
LOADS of the music that is on here has the wrong music titles, mainly from southern weather.
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xCarnageV2 wrote:
"as a whole none of their stuff is groundbreaking, a lot of it comes off as forced and lifeless, o well at least there's still Underoath". Haha AMAAS, the most ironic comment of all time. Underoath isn't groundbreaking at all. Decent at what they do, sure.. but not genre-defining.
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m1SeRY wrote:
New Album - ''What A Disaster!''
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petshi wrote:
they are better than i expected, really good
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r00ivalk wrote:
I meant not their music..i meant they look at the photo like Paramore xD
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ChOcOxLoVe wrote:
I like this band, Monsters is so good.
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Rowan5215 wrote:
Well, r00ivalk, I wouldn't say they're THAT bad...
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bygrazi wrote:
♥
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r00ivalk wrote:
lol.. male paramore xD Great Band!!!!!!! New album realy good!
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Eddie-y wrote:
Monster is amazing.
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DarthRevan144 wrote:
The song Monster Monster is kinda annoying. But the rest of the CD is really good. [2] xactly how I feel!
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X-Romantic wrote:
Monster Monster - cool song
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iliveidieforyou wrote:
not bad!
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narcomance wrote:
<3
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Rowan5215 wrote:
Fuck, they are so shit. Aaron definitely needs to quit this piece of crap and keep working with UO instead.
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seancmc wrote:
The song Monster Monster is kinda annoying. But the rest of the CD is really good. Saw them with the Used a few weeks back. GREAT show.
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Poefiecore wrote:
i like the new album !
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Soundwave 2010
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Soundwave 2010
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Soundwave 2010
Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Australia
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News
Aaron Featured on Immaculate Infatuation!
5 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thealmost
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