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Clearwater, Florida, United States (2005 – present)

The Almost is the band of Aaron Gillespie, the former drummer/clean vocalist of Underoath from Clearwater, Florida, United States started in 2005. Aaron stated that this band is much more of a traditional rock project than 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.

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1		Say This Sooner			574
2		Hands			288
3		Southern Weather			270
4		Dirty And Left Out			205
5		Drive There Now			202
6		Hand Grenade			199
7		I Mostly Copy Other People			193
8		Monster Monster			187
9		Lonely Wheel			180
10		Amazing Because It Is			151
11		Monster			147
12		No I Don't			144
13		Summer Summer			139
14		Free Fallin'			130
15		Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat			127

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