Well, I don't see it as a "problem", but yeah, you're right. It's not speaking to me in a way other than as a portrait of "white suburban angst" played by musicians who may or may not be tuned into that same feeling. I can't tell if they are or not.
I'm hip to the white suburban angst thing, but frankly, I think that somebody like Nelson Riddle nails it a lot more accurately and succinctly than Tatro does here. The whole thing sounds to me like the work of somebody who understands the concept of revulsion/revolt more than he does the nature of it. That might make for an interesting "human interest study", but it leaves me wanting.
I used the Geppetto analogy earlier, and I think that best summarizes my feelings about this music. I hear a creation of something desired/understood in the abstract but not in the flesh or spirit.
Our mileages obviosuly vary on this one. No biggie, eh?