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Here are some of the albums that hit stores today. Let us know which ones you are picking up.
Tokyo Rose – The Promise In Compromise
The Starting Line – Direction
A Thorn For Every Heart – It’s Hard To Move You
Powerspace – The Kicks of Passion
The Send – Cosmos
At All Cost – Circle Of Demons
Bed Light For Blue Eyes – Life On Life’s Terms
Bryce Jacobson
This is a good week for new music. Be sure to check out the new releases from Tokyo Rose, A Thorn For Every Heart, The Starting Line, and The Send all coming this week.
Adam Weidman
This week I’d have to go with Kevin Devine, he’s on a really cool tour with Jesse of Brand New at the moment. The High Court, they put out a really cool record this past week. Finally… Saves the Day, just because. Have a great week!
Artist: The Starting Line
Album: Direction
Label: Virgin
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: July 31st, 2007
Overall: 7.5
Music: 7.0
Lyrics: 7.0
Production: 8.0
I guess 2007 is the year of redemption and come back. With several bands finding their way back to the styles that gave them their original fame. The Starting Line is the latest to (excuse the pun) find their direction.
The starting line don’t play copy cat with their previous work they simply build off it and focus their sound to something that is mature and unique to them. “Direction†the title track off the record leads off the record with heavy guitars and harder vocals than is typical for the band but lines up with all other tracks on the record. Harder music and thicker melody seem to be the tone the band stuck to while writing the latest effort. “Are You Alone†is the third track deep on the record and right from the beginning has a slower and darker feel to it with the chorus begging the question “are you aloneâ€? “Island†is vastly different with an upbeat feel to it that makes it a perfect summer song.
The album as a whole has a self reflecting theme to it. Songs like “I Could Be Wrong†and “Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us†being the most obvious with the songs being about the bands touring and how people will miss them when one day they aren’t a band anymore. The best stand out lyric has to be in the song “Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us†when Kenny sings “…If you can’t relate and refuse to sing along then maybe I can interest in some other song [a little something like] all that she wants is another babyâ€.
Starting Line fans will thoroughly enjoy this album and it will be in your top 10 for the year. Others of us who aren’t die hard Stating Line fans will definitely enjoy this record but my feeling is that it feels to short and it seems to not have a very long replay value.
Tracklisting
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
The Starting Line‘s new video for “The Island” can be seen on MTV here. The band has also launched a new website in honor of their upcoming album, Direction, due out this Tuesday July 17th.
We have the honor of bringing a full album stream from Slide Show Baby. Their album drops tomorrow and this is a definite for fans of Yellowcard, Flogging Molly, The Starting Line, and Dropkick Murphys.
The Starting Line‘s album art for their new album, Direction, can be seen below. Direction is due out July 31st.
The Starting Line‘s new single, “Island,” is now available on iTunes here.
The Starting Line have posted their new single titled “Island” on their MySpace page. The song comes from their upcoming album, Direction, due out this summer on Capitol Records.
Behind the scenes photos from The Starting Line‘s photo shot for their upcoming album, Direction, can be seen over on AOL. The band will be posting their single on their MySpace page sometime soon.
The Starting Line has posted an update on their MySpace page. You can read the update below.
Hey everyone…
Matt here, hope you’re all doing well.
The past couple of weeks have been rather exciting for all of us. The new record (Direction) is 100% finished: mastered and all………artwork and photos are coming together, and we played 2 killer shows this past weekend in the most glorious of places, New Jersey.
I wanted to send out the biggest thank yous to everyone that came to the Myspace Secret Show at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, and everyone who checked us out at Bamboozle. All of you are what drives this band, and to have such a great reaction and to see/hear everyone singing along makes all the bumps along the way seem non-existent…and that’s amazing. We felt like we may have been off of peoples radar for a minute…but we all feel like we’re back and better than ever. So I just wanted to say thanks…I wish I could personally thank every one of you, but hopefully this message will do!
We’ll be out on Warped all summer…sweating it up with some of your favorite bands, so please come and say hello.
keep it real.
-m
