Playing at Love Is___. – The Almost is an American rock band from Clearwater, Florida, formed in 2005, and is most notable for being the side project (and now main project) of former Underoath drummer,Aaron Gillespie.

There is no definitive date as to when Aaron Gillespie started The Almost. He made a Myspace for The Almost on October 1, 2005 before he had released any of the songs to the public. On October 4, 2005, he released two of his songs which were the demos for “I Mostly Like to Copy Other People” and “They Say You Can Never Write I Told You So in a Song But Here I Go”. Aaron worked with Kenny Vasoli to record a song called

“Yule Be Sorry” for Happy Christmas Volume 4 on Tooth & Nail Records. It was in stores on October 25, 2005. Gillespie wrote all of the songs himself while recording Define the Great Line with Underoath.

In February 2010, The Almost played the Australian Soundwave Festival. The Almost toured across Australia nationally playing alongside the three festival headliners; Faith No More,Jimmy Eat World and Jane’s Addiction, as well as other bands such as Paramore, All Time Low, A Day To Remember, Escape The Fate, Enter Shikari, Meshuggah, Anthrax, Trivium,Whitechapel, Set Your Goals and other alternative, rock, metalcore and hardcore bands. Along with Soundwave, The Almost played club shows in Melbourne and Sydney with All Time Low and Dance Gavin Dance.