The Almost

The Almost is an American rock band from Clearwater (Florida ). The band, which was founded in 2005, was the first solo project by Aaron Gillespie, who was best known as drummer and singer of the American metalcore band Underoath.

Band History

There is no definite date on which The Almost was founded. October 1, 2005 Aaron Gillespie created an account for the band on the U.S. site Myspace before he had ever presented to the public a song. Only three days later, Gillespie published on the page first demo tapes of songs 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.

Gillespie wrote the first song for The Almost all while at the same time the album Define the Great Line recorded with his former band Underoath.

In 2007, the band toured with Paramore, among others. In the same year her first album Southern Weather was released. The band released their debut album in 2008 after their second album No Gift to Bring EP and 2009, the Monster and the subsequent album Monster Monster. The albums all appeared under the label Tooth & Nail Records.