ProgRock Records, 2003

Project featuring  James LaBrie (Dream Theater) & Henning Pauly (Chain) must be good, it was my initial thought when I hold Frameshift new opus in my hands for the first time. Unweaving the Rainbow is the title of this more than 70 minutes long CD.

Unweaving the Rainbow is Pauly’s concept project based on the written works of Dr. Richard Dawkins, a neo-Darwinists. Each song deals with some aspect of evolution, from genetic mutation and DNA to the co-evolution etc. In addition to this rather strange and unusual concept, this album is written specifically for vocalist LaBrie.

When speaking of musical style then I can tell it is a broad load of modern and progressive rock including movie soundtracks, electronic loops and it is packed with great hooks and very fine performance LaBrie. This music reminds me a lot of Yes, 10CC, Queen and similar rock bands of the 80s. The main focus is on the vocal performance and I think Mr. LaBrie is doing the best job ever. Another fascinating thing is huge amount of solos and huge choral passages which are really catchy.

Listening to this piece of progressive modern rock was tremendous experience for me and Frameshift project is the one to be listened to if you want to hear one of the strongest rock releases of this year. It is executed almost to the perfection. For further info on this album go to www.frameshift.progrockrecords.com