In October 2007, Underoath had begun filming their third person documentary Survive, Kaleidoscope.
Southern Weather is the debut album by former Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie's solo-project, The Almost.
It is the last Underoath recording to feature vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Octavio Fernandez, but is the first to include guitarist Timothy McTague.
Prior to recording, it was ready to be recorded with Underoath founder and frontman Dallas Taylor (the album's original title was intended to be Dear Misery and would feature songs such as "Coryn's Defeat", and "Look Past the Bright Lights", which is now "Reinventing Your Exit"), but instead was replaced with the band's current lead vocalist Spencer Chamberlain.
Other pupils of Melissa Cross have been the lead vocalists for famous heavy metal bands such as Slipknot, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Underoath, Arch Enemy, Madball, God Forbid, and Andrew W.K.