NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/Tooth & Nail / Virgin Records) - The Almost's video for "Say This Sooner," lensed by Shane
Drake (Panic At the Disco, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus), is a smash hit - just added in "Big 10" rotation at MTV and already in "Elite 8" rotation at MTV2, "Magna Cum Laude" rotation at mtvU, in major rotation on
Music Choice and The IMF, and in the Top 10 on FUSE. "
Say This Sooner" has ignited at radio also, already climbing to No 15 on the alternative chart with 60+ stations adding the track thus far. Praised by
Revolver magazine for its "monster power chords and dynamic fireworks," "
Say This Sooner" is the lead single from the band's debut album, Southern Weather.
The band has been hailed across the boards as one to watch: The Almost was the subject of an "On the verge" feature in USA Today, is currently a featured band on MTV/MTV2/mtvU's premiere platform, "Discover & Download," and has been selected for both AOL Music's "Breakers" and Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next?" programs. Competitions are currently underway at both websites to determine which band will top the latest round of up-and-coming artists. Fans can vote now at:
https://music.aol.com/franchise/breakers/
https://music.yahoo.com/whosnext
Released April 3rd via Virgin/Tooth & Nail, Southern Weather has sold over 72,000 copies since its debut at No 29 on the Billboard 200. Heretofore known as the drummer and co-founder of Underoath (whose latest album, Define The Great Line, debuted at No 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 2006), Aaron Gillespie steps out front now with The Almost.
"Gillespie wails on the sort of hard-charging anthems that will probably make Switchfoot seethe with jealousy," noted Spin in a three-and-a-half star review while Alternative Press said: "Although Gillespie's croon is still distinctive, the 11 driving tracks on Southern Weather-on which he played nearly every note-allow him to stretch and sing his heart out alongside gospel choruses ('Amazing, Because It Is') and melodic rock riffs ('Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat') with equal aplomb."
Although Southern Weather was essentially a solo effort, the project has evolved into a full band with Jay Vilardi (guitar), Dusty Redmon (guitar), Alex Aponte (bass) and Kenny Bozich (drums) rounding out the lineup. After wrapping up a successful spring tour with Paramore, a string of shows with Say Anything and a stint at the Bamboozle festival, The Almost will perform on the majority of the Vans Warped Tour this summer (except 6/21, 7/21 and 7/22). Tour dates are as follows:
THE ALMOST - SUMMER 2007 TOUR DATES
Sat 5/26 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
Fri 6/1 Sarasota, FL USF Campus Courtyard
Sat 6/2 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amp/ 99X FM Big Day Out
with Vans Warped Tour
Fri 6/29 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairgrounds
Sun 7/1 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue 7/3 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
Wed 7/4 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest (not a Warped date)
Thu 7/5 Calgary, AB Race City Speedway
Sat 7/7 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 7/8 Denver, CO Invesco
Wed 7/11 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Thu 7/12 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
Fri 7/13 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat 7/14 Dallas, TX Smirnoff
Sun 7/15 Houston, TX Reliant Center
Wed 7/18 Atlanta, GA Hi Fi Amphitheatre
Thu 7/19 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park
Fri 7/20 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
Mon 7/23 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 7/24 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/25 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
Thu 7/26 Scranton, PA Montage Mountain Amp
Fri 7/27 Detroit, MI Comerica Park + Street
Sat 7/28 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amp
Sun 7/29 Minneapolis, MN Metrodome
Tue 7/31 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Wed 8/1 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Centre
Thu 8/2 Cleveland, OH Tower City Amphitheatre
Fri 8/3 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
Sat 8/4 New York, NY Nassau Coliseum
Sun 8/5 Englishtown, NJ Raceway Park
Tue 8/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 8/8 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Thu 8/9 Boston, MA Tweeter Center Lot
Fri 8/10 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Field
Sat 8/11 Toronto, ON Park Place
Sun 8/12 Montreal, ON Park Jean Drapeau
Tue 8/14 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 8/15 Kansas City, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 8/17 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 8/18 Seattle, WA Gorge
Sun 8/19 Portland, OR Columbia Meadows
Wed 8/22 Fresno, CA Selland Arena
Thu 8/23 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre Lot
Fri 8/24 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre Lot
Sat 8/25 Los Angeles, CA Home Depot Center
