''Anyways'' is an EP by

The Starting Line The Starting Line is an American pop-punk band formed in Churchville, Pennsylvania, Churchville, Pennsylvania in 1999. They are currently based in Philadelphia. History Early years (1999–2001) In 1999, the band that would become The Startin ...

, and is the band's first release containing new material since 2007. The record was produced by

Will Yip William Yip ( Chinese: 葉浩仁; born February 18, 1987) is an American record producer, audio engineer, songwriter and musician. Yip is an owner of Studio 4 Recording in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Yip is also the owner of Memory Music, an indep ...

History

On December 14, 2015, The Starting Line announced the release date and cover art for ''Anyways''. Pre-orders were made available on the same day through the band's official website. The release date was originally scheduled for February 5, 2016, but was postponed until February 19, 2016, due to vinyl pressing issues. The first single, titled "Anyways", was released on December 17, 2015, and the band released an official music video for the track on February 2, 2016. The EP is available exclusively on 7-inch vinyl and through digital media outlets. When profiled by Philly Voice, frontman Kenny Vasoli revealed a little about the direction of the new material. "It's still punk rock," he said, speaking on the band's long-awaited release. "We're always going to sound like The Starting Line. I feel like I've stepped back far enough that I can really identify with what I liked about pop-punk and what I appreciate about it now."

Track listing

Personnel

Kenny Vasoli Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli (born May 20, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vasoli is currently the lead singer and songwriter of pop-punk band The Starting Line and psychedelic pop b ...

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Matt Watts – guitars *Mike Golla – guitars,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

*Tom Gryskiewicz –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Brian Schmutz – keyboards,

References

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