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Title: Very good, but no Dream Theater...
Review: Don't get me wrong, James Labrie writes a great song. Maybe he was lost in the over indulging likes of Dream Theater and he felt the need to really do his own thing. Trouble is, much of this disc sounds like DT. While there are some sweet lullibies in "Sacrifice" and "Slow Burn", the other songs have that rocking progressive attitude we've come to know & love with LaBrie's tenure with DT. The first 3 songs ("His Voice", "Statued", and "Shores of Avalon") fire out of the shoot with a hard & crunchy feel. The middle of the disc slows down a bit and then it ends with the least inspired & noisy untitled cut labeled "As A Man Thinks". Overall a very good effort by LaBrie & Co, and it does rival those early songs of a young DT. But if you listen to the supporting Mullmuzzler cast, you'll realize that their musicianship, tho very competent, can't compete with DT's peerless Petrucci, Portnoy, Myung & Rudess.
