Pop/punk mix a success for The Starting Line

By Lisa Tyndall
Staff Writer

All you pop-punk lovers get ready for a sound that will have your heads bobbing for months on end.
The Starting Line, a Pennsylvania-based quartet, is successful with their first full-length album, “Say It Like You Mean It.”

The 13-track CD centers around relationships and everything that goes along with them.Combined with punk beats and captivating lyrics, their songs are bound to stick in your mind.

With the punk-driven label Drive Thru Records backing them since 2000, The Starting Line has toured with their long time favorite bands as well as toured overseas.

The four fresh-faced teens are scheduled to play in New Jersey and Pennsylvania at the end of this month.

Their most popular song, “The Best of Me” reached the No. 1 position on MP3.com even before the release of the album and continues to reach a broader audience.

My favorite track on the CD, without a doubt, has to be “Decisions, Decisions.” The emotion in the words just seems to hit me on a personal level and stays in my mind long after the CD stops spinning.
If you are into bands such as New Found Glory and Finch, I suggest you put on your “Chuck Taylor’s” and run down to the nearest record store to grab a copy of The Starting Line’s “Say It Like You Mean It.”