Direction

The Starting Line: Matt Watts (guitar); Kenny Vasoli (bass guitar); Tom Gryskeiwitz (drums); Brian Schmutz, Mike Golla (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Howard Benson, Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Kenny Aronoff (drums); Luis Conti (percussion).
The third full-length from punk-pop quartet the Starting Line hones the group's fizzy mixture of pop hooks, emo expressiveness, and chugging rock assault. Lead-off tracks "Direction" and "21" are fine examples of TSL's energetic, melody-heavy blast. Produced by Grammy-nominated studio ace Howard Benson, DIRECTION gleams like the major-label release it is, but maintains plenty of the group's youthful, alternative, ear-snagging vigor. This is a record for summer: heavy and hard enough to rock out to, but light and bright enough to invite a singalong.

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