Jesper Andreasson 8/25/25 Jesper Andreasson 8/25/25

RIP Oz 🖤

I’ve only just found the words.

I was at the final Sabbath/Ozzy show in Birmingham at Villa Park last month. And fuck. What a show. Like walking into a dream. Singing the words back to Oz as he gave it his all… it was moving in a way I can’t fully explain. He killed it. Everyone in that place wanted him to feel how much he was loved. A true privilege to be there.

Gojira tearing it up. Steven Tyler on Whole Lotta Love. Yungblud ripping Changes. Twelve full hours of chills.

Then came the news. Which, in the context of just having seen him, floored me. Ozzy scared the shit out of me as a kid, in the best way. He was one of those who opened me up to the freedom of rock ’n’ roll.

Just adding another drop of love to the sea of affection for him. RIP Oz. 🖤 J.

Jesper Andreasson 7/9/25 Jesper Andreasson 7/9/25

The story behind “lover”

Out July 10

This one came out of nowhere, pretty much writing itself in an instant. It’s one of the simplest things I’ve written.

I wrote it as a Christmas gift last year. Never intended to release it, just recorded it raw, sitting on the edge of my bed, vocals tracked straight into a Shure 58.

Special thanks to John Konopka for turning that bedroom take into what it became.

“Lover” is out now. Listen on Spotify or the Listen page.

xx
J.

Jesper Andreasson 3/15/22 Jesper Andreasson 3/15/22

Inside the recording of the Better Man EP.

The Better Man EP was recorded at Secret Hand Studios, and in my old L.A. apartment, with overdubs tracked in various derelict London hotels. With special thanks to Just for the Record Studios, Sun Valley, CA.

Performers:

Jesper - Vocals, guitars

Jeff Friedl (A Perfect Circle, Eagles of Death Metal, The Beta Machine) - Drums, percussion

Notes on the recording:

As the Diamond Meadows Better Man EP is my first multi-song release in a long time, I wanted to consciously push away from what I’d done before.

With lyrics, for example, I tried to make them as direct as possible, rather than hiding behind obliqueness—you get to a certain age where you want to shed all your armor and connect with people in the most open way.

There are some lyrics in which I dive into ambiguity and allusions but that’s just because some songs just work better with suggested meanings, with painting pictures, and so on.

Or maybe that’s just my excuse in my fear of leaving myself too open. xx J.