Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Michael Grubbs and his band Wakey!Wakey! released their impressive sophomore LP, Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You, today, and fans can listen to it in its entirety all week on CBS’s Street Date.  The album is rife with bouncy pop melodies and moving ballads, all anchored together by Grubbs’ classically-trained piano playing and powerful tenor vocals. 

The Family Records/Timber St. artist plays bartender Grubbs on The CW’s hit show One Tree Hill, which kicked off the 2010 leg of its seventh season last night.  Grubbs’ character on the show shares more than the same name with the man himself; he’s a struggling musician who tends bar so he can pay the bills.  There are a lot more exciting developments for Grubbs the character (and perhaps Grubbs the man) in the coming weeks, so fans should tune in to The CW every Monday to catch the latest.

Wakey!Wakey! also premiered the single “Twenty Two” on AOL Spinner last week, and this week AOL Music is hosting Almost Everything… on their Full CD Listening Party.  And check out the official Apple iPad promo spot here, where Wakey! track “Almost Everything” comes in at the 5:10 mark.

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