The Almost

This is for my one and only religious reader... Zoe. SO hopefully you like them!!!
Anyway... THE ALMOST!!! (Isn't that picture so cute, they're all laughing and having a good time!)
They're absolutely amazing! The quintet are from Florida and most likely love oranges (haha get it?) The front man, Aaron Gillespie is originally the drummer from Underoath. He is lead vocals for The Almost and also plays guitay, keyboards AND percussion... I know HOLY CRAP! Now I know everyone (yes you Zoe) are wondering, how the eff is the drummer so good at singing, WELL let me inform you! He even sang for Underoath, providing them with the "actual singing", he's the voice that isn't screaming throughout all of Underoath's songs... cool fun fact eh?! Oh and he's the one with the florescent red hair, I love gingers!!
So now that I've given a crazy amount of information about the lead singer, I'll inform about the rest of the band. The lead guitariest is Dusty Redmon. Jay Vilardi plays guitar and back up vocals. Alex Aponte plays bass and Joe Musten plays the drums. NOW, when they're touring, they have Matthew Schwartz (like the hot dogs!!) play keyboards, extra percussion and also backing vocals. Lots of stuff going on with this band.

Ok SO... above is the cover of their most recent album Monster Monster which came out in 2009. It's filled with catchy lyrics and Gillespie's enrapturing voice... ya it's that good, try singing along to some of the songs, the key is impossible!! Their debut album, Southern Weather, was released in 2007 and is also AMAZING... it's a little bit of a mix of everything and some songs are kind of Goddy but still I love it. Between the two full length albums they released two eps, which are short but sweet. Again, catchy catchy lyrics, some dancey songs and some mellow slow cute songs. Almost (hahah) all of the songs are full of awesome guitar, the ones that aren't are filled with awesome acoustic guitar and Gillespie's vocals fill the void of the other instruments. The slow songs also take the old root of starting acoustic and bringing in other instruments, according to my History of Led Zeppelin prof, this is called eclecticism and cohesion!

Now, SONGS TO DOWNLOAD... I'll only give a few but pretty much everything by them is worth a listen.

Monster Monster
Monster
Amazing Because It Is
Say This Sooner
Hands

Monster Monster: obviously the title track of their most recent album... holy, ok it's so fast and so catchy and I love it. It's a little more rockish than the other stuff... but the lyrics are so good n it!!

Monster: ok this is an example of a slower song, the exact opposite of Monster Monster, coincidence I THINK NOT! It is phenomenal so cute and again catchy, even though it's slow. AND it brings in all the other instruments at the climax of the song. Holy, getting chills... ya so good.

Say This Sooner: From Southern Weather... this is the song that I first heard by the band. It's catchy, fast and you can kind of dance to it... or well I can. Kind of an in your face type song. It was my obsession for a while.

Amazing Because It Is... again a slower song, no real pick up of beat in it though, just a chorus that comes into the background that gives you the chills. This is the Goddy song... but whatever you can apply any meaning you want to it. Regardless, it's so good.

Hands: Ok SO. I'm obsessed with the beginning of this song. The echo is so cool, the rest of the song is ok, kind of uplifting and inspirational... but the beginning/chorus is so good.


And there you have my procrastination post.
That and I have way too many bands to give out. AND MORE COME TO ME EACH DAY!! So everyone will be well informed.