Atlanta-based Last November has toured the college music scene and had its single, “Sniper,” featured on MTV.

Now the band is performing at Tasty World on the last day of November. Coincidence?

“I didn’t even think of that,” said guitar player Luke Pilgrim, laughing at the parallel. “That’s really funny.”

LAST NOVEMBER

w/ The Futurists and Misfortune 500

When: 10 tonight
Where: Tasty World
More Information:
www.myspace.com/lastnovember

Pilgrim started playing guitar and writing songs when he was 11 years old and hasn’t stopped since.

“I’m sure (the songs) were awful,” he said. “I began playing around town with a lot of the older groups and first kind of figured out I liked being on stage.”

He formed the band in high school, which now consists of him, Tyler Ayers (bass), Chris Jones (guitar, keys) and Taylor Woodruff (drums).

Last November’s first album, “All the Gory Details,” was independently produced by Pilgrim at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta. Then, Rodney Mills, who has worked with acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Pearl Jam, mixed and mastered the album.

After the initial release, the band toured to promote the CD before Lowery Music Publishing packaging and logos.

“Last November stands out because every song is unique and has something catchy about it,” said Colby Drake, a biology major from Loganville. “They incorporate multiple styles of music into each song which makes (it) original.”

The debut album was eventually highlighted on “The Real World” and radio stations nationwide.

“I usually write the songs and lay down a demo version, and we’ll go in a private space and hash it out and try different parts over and basically get the core progression,” Pilgrim said. “We freestyle it before we start working on it.”

University students identify with the band’s personal lyrics.

“Their music hits the soul. It captures the words you feel but never think to say,” said Haley Murphy, a sophomore broadcast major from Fayetteville.

The new album, “Over the Top or Under the Weather,” is finished, along with a video for the first single, “The Bumper Sticker Song,” but the CD hasn’t been released yet.

“It’s in the final stages, and I hope people that liked the old record will dig the new one, too, because it’s completely different,” Pilgrim said. “You’re always going to grow and evolve as an artrist, and I feel like the new record is a lot more mature.”

Pilgrim said he wrote the last album when he was 15 years old, and being 20 he doesn’t relate to it anymore.

“The new one is a lot more straight pop. It’s upbeat and happy, and all the songs are kind of like party songs.”

Now, he said, he just wants the fans to hear it, so the group will play some of the new material at its show.

“I’ve seen them many times live, and I have to say that they will make anyone an instant fan,” Drake said. “Personally, I think they sound better live and should maybe consider a live album.”