Artist · chart history
The Almost
Band Clearwater United States Formed 2005 US | rock
The Almost formed in 2005 in Clearwater, United States. The Almost has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Say This Sooner”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted The Almost most often is 88.3 The Sting (Cleveland, OH), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
The Almost started in Clearwater, Florida, in 2005 as a side project for Aaron Gillespie, who was already pounding the drums and singing in Underoath. In the early days Gillespie handled lead vocals, guitar, bass, drums and keys himself, and Southern Weather, the debut, arrived in 2007 with his fingerprints all over it.
It's a record that straddles a few worlds: the urgency of post-hardcore, the heart-on-sleeve melodies of emo, a sturdy post-grunge crunch and a streak of Christian rock conviction. "Say This Sooner" is the one that broke through, a surging, big-chorus rocker built on a clean, earnest hook.
Monster Monster followed in 2009 and Fear Inside Our Bones in 2013, before the project went on hiatus in 2015. Gillespie brought it back with Fear Caller in 2019, now with guitarist Jay Vilardi, bassist Jon Thompson and drummer JJ Revell alongside him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Almost on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say This Sooner | 9 | #20 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 88 | Say This Sooner | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 88 | Say This Sooner | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 29 | Say This Sooner | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 64 | Say This Sooner | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 67 | Say This Sooner | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 51 | Say This Sooner | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 30 | Say This Sooner | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 20 | Say This Sooner | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 35 | Say This Sooner | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
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