With a plethora of cool songs, Taunt comes close to impressing me. What impedes this is an unoriginal vocal (using a silly pseudo-Brit punk accent) and less than appealing melodies, accompanied with a lack of ability to recognize a consistent rhythm. Most of the disc is a mellow blend of pop and punk (with even a little poser-ska), like they're afraid to get too rowdy, and then there's "Victim of Society," where this band breaks loose, and settles into a more comfortable-sounding harder punk vocal. A few glitches, yeah, but let 'em practice a while.
