Great chops are not enough by themselves. You get loads of them here. But there is something missing. P-G-L’s first outrageous display of musicianship on their self-titled debut release in 2016 left me a little cold ultimately. Something About Rainbows has a Pink Floyd feel with added hidden spaces to it but is a lot more verbose, one of the great faultlines prog-jazz falls into. Big grandiose themes huddle around the compelling fire of the formidable bass guitar of Kevin Glasgow and just let the trajectory of their improvisation burn and yet just as often fizzle out. Drummer Laurie Lowe, best known for his work with pianist Robert Mitchell, is a little bit to samey throughout, and the David Preston guitar solos are easy to admire but do not for a moment kid you into ever loving. What lets the album down above all is that the compositions are simply not compelling enough. SG.