Produced by the DeLeo brothers (better known as the musical brains behind Stone Temple Pilots) and mixed by Brendan O'Brien of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden fame, TruANT begs to be taken seriously. Someone should tell the band that a good first step would have been to ax the cutesy ant-themed album titles. Finding a distinct sound has always been AAF's greatest challenge, but TruANT's lyrics are almost willfully bad, as if Mitchell were daring his bandmates to see if the audience would care enough to listen. With preschool-level couplets such as "We're drifting apart 'cause we all do/And skies seem blue," the lead singer almost seems to be expressing contempt for AAF's few remaining fans.