Southern Weather is the debut album by former Underoath

Underoath

Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...

 drummer Aaron Gillespie

Aaron Gillespie

Aaron Roderick Gillespie is an American musician, best known for being the former drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath, and the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band The Almost...

's solo-project, The Almost

The Almost

The Almost is an American alternative rock band from Clearwater, Florida, formed in 2005, and is most notable for being the side project of former Underoath drummer, Aaron Gillespie.-History:...

. It was released on April 3, 2007. The whole album was previewed on The Almost's MySpace

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 page. The full album leaked onto the Internet on March 26.

The album debuted at number 39 on the U.S. Billboard 200

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, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 123,972 copies in the U.S. There have been two singles released: "Say This Sooner" and "Southern Weather". Both have music videos, which can be seen on MySpace, Steelroots Top Ten Countdown, MTV

MTV

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, and fuse

Fuse TV

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. "Say This Sooner" has also been released to mainstream radio and has reached as high as #7 on Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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.

Southern Weather is the same in fashion to the Foo Fighter's debut self-titled album. Just like Grohl, Gillespie recorded all the instruments on the album and formed the band after the recording of the album.

Track listing

Personnel

The Almost

• Aaron Gillespie
  Aaron Gillespie
  Aaron Roderick Gillespie is an American musician, best known for being the former drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath, and the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band The Almost...
  
  - lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards, programming, piano, bass (all songs except on "I Mostly Copy Other People" and "Southern Weather")

Additional personnel

• Aaron Sprinkle - keyboards, additional guitars, vocals on "Never Say I Told You So"
• Kevin Suggs - pedal steel guitar
• Matt Slocum - horns, string arrangement
• John Painter - cello
• The Youth Group at Calvary Fellowship - choir on "Amazing Because It Is")
• Kenny Vasoli - vocals on "I Mostly Copy Other People", bass guitar on "I Mostly Copy Other People" and "Southern Weather"
• Jeremy Enigk - vocals on "Dirty and Left Out"

Production

• Aaron Sprinkle - production, mastering, mixing, engineering