Alrighty….this (obviously) weekly series is all about the music I enjoy. So every week I will post a band and a particular song I find inspiring.
So….this week’s song is “Dirty and Left Out” by “The Almost.”
The Almost is a band from Tampa, Florida, most notable for being the side project of Underoath drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie.
Their debut record, Southern Weather, was released on April 3, 2007, and was recorded in February and March 2006. The first single, “Say This Sooner”, can be heard at The Almost’s PureVolume and MySpace 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 which Kenny Vasoli from The 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 on MTV2’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.
