If you\u2019re not familiar with the music of Jason How, now is a very good time to find out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSeven albums deep and a firm favourite of critics (Vive Le Rock, Louder Than War and many others have glowingly reviewed all of them!), How i<\/span><\/span>s one of the country\u2019s best-kept secrets and a musical treasure trove of discovery. Guys like Jason don\u2019t seem to exist very much in the modern world nowadays; that is, people who value songs with choruses and lyrics and clever arrangements with 12 string\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guitars and jangling, water-falling chords and that bear no real relation to the stuff you\u2019ll hear on mainstream radio. If you remember the first time you heard Robyn Hitchcock or XTC or The Jam or Syd Barrett with fondness, Jason how is very much the musi<\/span><\/span>cian you want to hear. The classic English eccentric is something that\u2019s been lost to the music world in recent times and it\u2019s massively refreshing to hear a set of songs that are as carefree, lovelorn and downright timeless as some of Jason How\u2019s releases<\/span><\/span>. There are hints of Brit-psychedelia, pop classicism, new wave quirk and punky energy although the signature song<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>writing craft remains a constant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAs head honcho at Rotosound\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Music Strings<\/span><\/span>, Jason runs one of the U.K.\u2019s longest established companies; his <\/span><\/span>father J<\/span><\/span>ames set the company up in the late fifties and provi<\/span><\/span>ded strings for all of the major players in British music and continue to do so to this day; The Who, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and Queen right through to The Damned and The Jam in the lat<\/span><\/span>e sevent<\/span><\/span>ies used and endorsed Rotosound. In modern times, Duff McKagen of Gn\u2019R, the Seattle grunge scene up <\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paul Allender (Cradle Of Filth) and Mikey Demus (Skindred) are all Rotosound players. The company goes from strength to strength and remains stead<\/span><\/span>fastly a<\/span><\/span>\u00a0most British instit<\/span><\/span>ut<\/span><\/span>ion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJoe Whyte (Vive Le Rock magazine)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
New album – Pictures on the Nursery Walls reviewed<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/jasonhow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-12.35.09.png\" "\\"Screenshot")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>We have known and loved Jason How for some time now and this latest instalment in his whimsical psychedelic journey is another beauty. The latest album is mostly How playing all of the instruments and is another summery collection of those jangly, powerpop anthems that he seems to produce effortlessly. There\u2019s hints of Buzzcocks on \u2018Television Dreams\u2019 and the opening almost instrumental \u2018Seven Mile Lane\u2019 has the ghost of Syd Barrett floating through its dreamy, interlocking guitar lines. This is another album with tracks that fit together perfectly and evokes late nights and bad decisions rather that leafy lanes and sun-dappled fields that previous work has hinted at. This is definitely How\u2019s most mature album yet and deserves to be heard.
\nJoe Whyte – (Vive Le Rock magazine)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Praise, Accolades and nice words from some good people…<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>\n
My chum Jason How whose family makes those rather marvellous strings I use, kindly sent me a copy of his album yesterday and it\u2019s a genuine popadelic delight from start to finish, chock full of lovely melodies, sprangly geetars and catchy upbeat tunes. Well you know how I love that sorta stuff! Now you can hear it too !<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
PAUL GRAY - THE DAMNED<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
No fillers on this album<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
DAVID PATON - PILOT\/ALAN PARSONS PROJECT<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Magnificently Beautiful<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
STEVE HUNTER - LOU REED<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Insanely Great<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
BASS FRONTIERS MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>About Jason…<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>If you\u2019re not familiar with the music of Jason How, now is a very good time to find out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSeven albums deep and a firm favourite of critics (Vive Le Rock, Louder Than War and many others have glowingly reviewed all of them!), How i<\/span><\/span>s one of the country\u2019s best-kept secrets and a musical treasure trove of discovery. Guys like Jason don\u2019t seem to exist very much in the modern world nowadays; that is, people who value songs with choruses and lyrics and clever arrangements with 12 string\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guitars and jangling, water-falling chords and that bear no real relation to the stuff you\u2019ll hear on mainstream radio. If you remember the first time you heard Robyn Hitchcock or XTC or The Jam or Syd Barrett with fondness, Jason how is very much the musi<\/span><\/span>cian you want to hear. The classic English eccentric is something that\u2019s been lost to the music world in recent times and it\u2019s massively refreshing to hear a set of songs that are as carefree, lovelorn and downright timeless as some of Jason How\u2019s releases<\/span><\/span>. There are hints of Brit-psychedelia, pop classicism, new wave quirk and punky energy although the signature song<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>writing craft remains a constant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAs head honcho at Rotosound\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Music Strings<\/span><\/span>, Jason runs one of the U.K.\u2019s longest established companies; his <\/span><\/span>father J<\/span><\/span>ames set the company up in the late fifties and provi<\/span><\/span>ded strings for all of the major players in British music and continue to do so to this day; The Who, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and Queen right through to The Damned and The Jam in the lat<\/span><\/span>e sevent<\/span><\/span>ies used and endorsed Rotosound. In modern times, Duff McKagen of Gn\u2019R, the Seattle grunge scene up <\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paul Allender (Cradle Of Filth) and Mikey Demus (Skindred) are all Rotosound players. The company goes from strength to strength and remains stead<\/span><\/span>fastly a<\/span><\/span>\u00a0most British instit<\/span><\/span>ut<\/span><\/span>ion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJoe Whyte (Vive Le Rock magazine)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Praise, Accolades and nice words from some good people…<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>\n
My chum Jason How whose family makes those rather marvellous strings I use, kindly sent me a copy of his album yesterday and it\u2019s a genuine popadelic delight from start to finish, chock full of lovely melodies, sprangly geetars and catchy upbeat tunes. Well you know how I love that sorta stuff! Now you can hear it too !<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
PAUL GRAY - THE DAMNED<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
No fillers on this album<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
DAVID PATON - PILOT\/ALAN PARSONS PROJECT<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Magnificently Beautiful<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
STEVE HUNTER - LOU REED<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Insanely Great<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
BASS FRONTIERS MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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