The Almost

Southern Weather

Tooth & Nail/Virgin/EMI

Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack)

04/17/2007 8:21pm

By peddling the same redundant strain of modern rock that's been making the rounds since 1995, it's hard to recommend The Almost. There's nothing inherently wrong about the music they make, except for the simple fact that it's exceedingly pedestrian and far, far too familiar. Their Southern Weather full-length breaks little new ground, recalling Taking Back Sunday, All-American Rejects and bands of their ilk in the process. Lead single "Say This Sooner" is a complete snoozer, tossing out random riffage and yelling without a real objective in sight. The Almost are Underoath drummer/singer Aaron Gillespie's side project, and let's not kid ourselves — you would have to be a pretty huge fan of the Christian growlers to get anything worthwhile out of this snore of a debut.