As on his Love Is album of 2020, Steve Howe plays keyboards as well as bass (alongside his son Dylan on drums). In fact, he says Guitarscape is informed by his purchase of a Novation Summit synthesiser, on which he discovered tones and chord structures unlike those he would come up with on a guitar.
The result is an album that exudes a hybrid air. But although synth lines were the starting point, this remains a guitarist’s album at heart, with a lot on display across 14 short pieces.
