Within the UK, there are a select few burgeoning icons, artists that push the boundaries with their musical output while embodying a presence across all mediums that feeds into mass intrigue and curiosity. London-based rapper, poet and producer John Glacier is one of the few that can lay claim to this status. After years of garnering intrigue across the mainstream and underground, John Glacier finally releases her debut album Like A Ribbon.
Referring to the seamlessly never ending threads of relationships and responsibilities that overlay to form the ribbon of modern existence, Like A Ribbon finds John Glacier providing an accurate snapshot of her life as it has played out on her meteoric rise; from an insular, simple existence growing up in Hackney, to projecting stories to the world while aiming to maintain a semblance of normalcy in what is a very extraordinary life.
Executive producer Kwes Darko helps to lay the sonic tapestry for the weaving of John’s own tale, alongside contributions from the likes of Flume, Mk.gee contributor Andrew Aged, Surf Gang, Eartheater, Sampha and more. Like A Ribbon is the story of living in a modern world, told through an imaginatively otherworldly lens.
Utilising a variety of sounds across the spectrums of rap, electronic music, post-punk, ambient and more to provide the backdrop to Glacier’s singular, almost stream-of-consciousness delivery, Like A Ribbon synthesises a unique, developed atmosphere across its 11 tracks. Taking the form of three chapters – Like A Ribbon, Duppy Gun, and Angel’s Trumpet – the album forms a self-described “book”, one that fuses John’s passion for fantastical storytelling with just enough reality interspersed for the listener to take away their own lessons and wisdom long after the album’s runtime.
Stream / download Like A Ribbon here.
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