Track Listing

1. Direction
2. 21
3. Are You Alone
4. Island
5. Hurry
6. Something Left To Give
7. Birds
8. Way With Words
9. I Could Be Wrong
10. Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
11. Need To Love
12. What You Want

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41337 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
The Starting Line, formed by Kenny Vasoli along with guitarists Matt Watts, Mike Golla, and drummer Tom Gryskewicz, some eight years ago in the suburbs of Pennsylvania are set to release the most triumphant album of their career on July 31st entitled Direction. For inspiration while writing the songs that became Direction, Vasoli looked to classic artists like Bob Dylan and James Brown. "I know that our album doesn't sound like that," the singer says, "but those guys would write songs that didn't have a whole lot going on, but they still worked really well. I guess that I tried to adopt that mindset while writing these songs. I wanted to give people something that was three or four minutes long, and got to the point." That distinct approach can be heard throughout Direction, whether it's in the wistful power-pop of "I Could Be Wrong", the strutting hard rock on the title track or the infectious first single "Island".

Recorded with Grammy nominated producer Howard Benson, this album is the logical next step in a career that has seen the band on the main stage of Warped Tour, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, appearing on multiple covers of Alternative Press and had a video that made its way onto MTV. "This new record is definitely something we are all very proud of." says Vasoli. "Just the thought of what could happen with this is making us really excited. We really hope that it can reach all sorts of new people."

Customer Reviews

best one yet
Directions is the best TSL album PERIOD. i've listened to them since 2003 and i take directions over any of the others.

What happened to this band?
I have been a fan of The Starting Line since their first album. I'm sorry to say that they have gone down hill since. Most of the songs on this album have awkward chord progressions and melodies that don't seem to fit. With a few exceptions (Island, I Could Be Wrong) this entire album just sucks :( I'm really dissappointed with the band. They used to write music that made sense... now its just a bunch of random chords with bad melodies.

Awesome Rock album
I've recently discovered The Starting Line and fell in love with this album...It's nothing like there first album which is more of the traditional pop punk, amazing album but I prefer the more laid back rockish type sound we got here...Not classic but fun. Island is one of my favorite songs ever.