After nearly two years of writing and woodshedding, modern rockers The Starting Line are set to deliver Direction, their debut for Virgin Records. Now three records in, the Churchville, PA-based quartet — vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli, guitarists Matt Watts and Mike Golla and drummer Tom Gryskewicz — will release Direction to both stores and digitally on July 31st, at which point, the band’s touring schedule will kick into high gear.

The album was produced by Grammy® nominee Howard Benson, whose impeccable rock credentials include Relient K, All-American Rejects and My Chemical Romance, among others. Benson first worked with the band on a couple of songs from TSL’s last album, 2005’s Based on a True Story, their major-label bow for Geffen after the 2002 debut, Say It Like You Mean It, on indie Drive-Thru.