"Everything about this debut by Austin-based Florida transplant Kathleen Taylor - from its strikingly original songs and production to the battalion of marching frogs on its cover - is an exhilarating breath of fresh air.  Taylor's voice as both a writer and singer is steeped in richly poetic whimsy; but the production and arrangements here, rife with instrumental flourishes like tuba, vibraphone, banjo, musical saw and cricket chirps, transform her music into something truly extraordinary.  The opening "Satellite Cats" plays like Paul Simon at his most playful crossed with Lewis Carroll, and "Defy The World" just gets weirder and more wonderful from there, like the soundtrack to a surreal fairy tale.  Fittingly, its plenty dark, too, with songs like "Cul-de-sac Apocalypse" and "Old Enough to Know Better" that shimmer and shiver like ghost-lit fever dreams.  Best of all, though, is the title track, a personal battle cry as rousing as it is sonically inventive.  Defy the world, indeed." - Richard Skanse, Texas Music Magazine, Spring 2009/Issue 38