Steve Howe Releases His 7th Homebrew Collection

YES guitarist Steve Howe today releases the seventh edition of his Homebrew album series on 30^th July via HoweSound. Homebrew 7 marks the 25^th anniversary ofthe first album in Howe’s Homebrew collection.

The Homebrew series typically features recordings from Steve Howe’s home archive of demos and tracks, originally recorded for one of his many solo or group projects with YES, ASIA, ABWH or GTR. Homebrew 7 differs slightly as none of the tracks have previously been released in any form and there are no plans for any to be rerecorded in the future.

“It’s my usual concept about my own home recordings that I get attached to but this is a different approach to Homebrew. These ones have never been part of other music that’s been released, it’s unheard music from many points of view.

“Homebrew  is an outlet that allows me to flex different opportunities and this came along where I felt I had a considerable amount of music I wasn’t going to keep trying to push out there in other guises or re-record myself, so I thought I’d put out the tracks that I like. It’s an interesting mix and, like Homebrew usually is, from different dimensions, from 1978 and goes up to 2016. It’s a kind of selection of music that’s been hidden, from that period, that I thought ‘Oh, to hell with it, I’ll put it out.’ So, I’ve just had fun with it.

“Many are things I’ve enjoyed saving until the right moment,” says Howe, “and the Homebrew series allows this. Some tracks have matured with my nurturing but others have been recently rediscovered.”

This collection includes tracks across Howe’s extensive range of playing styles. Each of the 21 tracks is dated and accompanied by Howe’s background notes and details on instrumentation. Most of the tracks are Howe’s solo recordings with occasional contributions from Dylan Howe and Virgil Howe on drums and Phil Spalding on bass guitar (Half Way). The booklet includes the lyrics for the four vocal tracks and is also illustrated by some of Howe’s delightfully atmospheric photography.

Homebrew 7 Track Listing:

1. The Glider (2015) Time: 1.37

2. October (1998) 1.56

3. Half Way (1997, 2009 & 2015) 3.49

4. The Only One (2013) 1.26

5. In One Life (1982) 2.41

6. Outstanding Deal (1982) 3.21

7. Be Natural (2013) 1.47

8. Cold Winds (1983) 2.38

9. Deanscape (1982) 2.21

10. Tender Hooks (2015) 2.06

11. A Lady She Is (1982) 4.12

12. Two Sided (2013) 1.45

13. Strange Wayfarer (2016) 3.00

14. Devon Girl (1983) 2.42

15. Safe Haven (2015) 1.31

16. A Matter Of Fact 1986)

17. Touchstone (2015)1.58

18. From Another Day (1979) 1.47

19. Foregone Conclusion (2015) 1.58

20. Space Void (1978) 1.05

21. From The Get-Go (2015) 1.49

Total Running Time: 49.41

All titles written, arranged, engineered and produced by Steve Howe with additional drums by Dylan Howe and Virgil Howe.