THE SWEDISH JAZZ VIRTUOSO’S THIRD LP ARRIVES MARCH 21, 2025 VIA DORADO RECORDS
THE DOUBLE-SINGLE “WHEN YOU KNOW” // “NO ANSWER” DEBUTS TODAY HERE
January 15, 2025 – Swedish jazz virtuoso Ebba Åsman has returned with the announcement of her third full-length record When You Know, arriving March 21st, 2025 via Dorado Records. Retreating to a cabin outside of her small hometown of Hammarö, 200 miles west of Stockholm, she recorded the album in the dead of winter. With the temperatures outside nearing minus-thirty degrees, the 26-year-old artist logged off for a month – no TV; social media and email deleted – embracing both the deep sense of calm and the challenges that come with the cold, stillness and solitude of the wilderness.
Coming off of a Swedish Grammy (nomination for her sophomore album Be Free in 2024, the trombonist, songwriter and producer sought to quiet the noise around her and challenge the jazz genre’s rigid rules for her next project. What manifested was When You Know; a smoky 10-track cocktail of alternative jazz, R&B, electronic and ambient sonics that experiments at every turn and features Åsman’s own vocals for the first time.
It’s a vibration that ripples through her new double single “When You Know” and “No Answer,” her first official taste of the forthcoming album which debuts today here. The pair of songs, along with the entirety of When You Know, channel the feelings that came into clarity for Åsman during her time in the woods: the stresses of not knowing where you’re headed, sensing that you’re losing grip of the life you’ve built, drowning in the infinite questions that swirl around in your head – and ultimately, accepting the uncertainty of it all.
LISTEN TO THE DOUBLE SINGLE ‘WHEN YOU KNOW” AND “NO ANSWER” HERE
“This album needed to come out somehow as a way to understand my thoughts,” says Ebba about When You Know. “It’s hard to try to navigate in life when you don’t have any answers. Life is such a puzzle. Pieces move, change and rearrange. I don’t really know where I’m going, but maybe that’s the beauty of it.”
What gives form to Ebba’s emotional exploration is her technical prowess. At age 7 she began learning trombone and by 15, she won a place to study the instrument at the Södra Latin school in Stockholm, a hot-house for Swedish creative talent whose alumni include singer Lykke Li and rapper Yung Lean. But when she moved to the Netherlands to study at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music, she began to push against the constraints of formal learning. Nearly twenty years on, When You Know finds Åsman continuing to push the boundaries of jazz through the two distinct sides of her musical self: the notes she conjures from the trombone and now, her voice.
Listen to “When You Know” and “No Answer” now here and pre-save the album here.
