Kevin Flanagan

Q3: Water Speckled Midnight

by Neil Duggan
February 8, 2024

Named after a species of lichen, Water Speckled Midnight is the third album from British quartet, Q3. Their debut came with 2014's Spider Dance (Lenox Music) and was followed by Monkey Puzzle Tree in 2019 (Lenox Music). Whilst hardly prolific, it does suggest that the tunes are gestated over a long time. That is borne out by the finely-crafted melodies and well thought through arrangements that are revealed here. This instrumental line-up of the quartet consists of five-string ...