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The Almost

The Almost started in 2006 with Aaron Gillespie, who had been in Underoath, along with drummer Aaron Stechauner and bassist Justin Hill. They put out their...

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The Almost, Aaron Gillespie's personal rock side project

A straightforward, guitar-driven band that put out three earnest albums between 2006 and 2013.

If you want to hear what The Almost was about, start with 'Southern Weather' and 'Tame a Lion'. They capture that late-2000s earnest rock feel pretty well.

The Almost gave Aaron Gillespie a space to write songs that felt more direct and personal than his work with Underoath. Tracks like 'Southern Weather' and 'Dirty and left out' have a simple, earnest rock quality that defined their sound. Their cover of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin'' also became a live staple, showing their roots in straightforward American rock.

The band started in 2006 with Gillespie, Aaron Stechauner, and Justin Hill, releasing Southern Weather in 2007. They followed with Monster Monster in 2010 and Fear Caller in 2013, with Patrick Nims joining on guitar along the way. After that, things went quiet without an official breakup, leaving those three records as their output.

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The Almost started in 2006 with Aaron Gillespie, who had been in Underoath, along with drummer Aaron Stechauner and bassist Justin Hill. They put out their first album, Southern Weather, the next year. Songs like 'Dirty and left out' and 'Southern Weather' had a straightforward rock feel that felt more personal than what Gillespie had done before.

They released two more albums, Monster Monster in 2010 and Fear Caller in 2013. Guitarist Patrick Nims joined around the time of the second record. The band's sound shifted a bit over those years, but kept that direct, guitar-driven quality. They also recorded a cover of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin'' that showed up in their setlists.

After Fear Caller, things got quiet. They didn't officially break up, but there hasn't been new music from the group since. For a while there, they were a solid side project for Gillespie, who went back to Underoath and other work. The records are still around if you want that specific, earnest kind of rock from the late 2000s.

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