REVIEW:

By Hank Shteamer | TimeOut New York
Posted Jan 29, 2009

Review: QQQ

One potential hazard of fusing two musical styles is that you can end up with a fence-sitting hybrid—a compromise that satisfies neither camp. QQQ avoids this trap on its debut, Unpacking the Trailer..., a peculiar yet glowingly warm effort, which combines chamber-music intricacy with folksy twang. The disc finds the all-instrumental local quartet—violist Beth Meyers, guitarist Monica Mugan, percussionist Jason Treuting and fiddler Dan Trueman—offsetting an occasionally monotonous timbral palette with inventive and heartfelt compositions.