John Glacier
Like A Ribbon
Boomkat Product Review:
Dare-to-differ rapper, poet and producer John Glacier assumes her role as London’s leading hybridizer of hip hop and post-punk with a sterling 2nd album co-produced and written by Vegyn, Kwes Darko and Flume, and ft. Sampha and Eartheater.
‘Like A Ribbon’ firms up John Glacier’s brooding sound a half decade since everyone scattered flowers at the feet of her standout debut LP, ‘SHILOH: Lost For Words’ in 2021. The Hackney based artist has steadily built a rep for a prism-shaking style since 2017’s ‘Broken Macbook’ identified her among a new wave of artists along with the likes of Klein, Honour, Coby Sey, baby_asl and James Messiah, messing with the form from the inside out. Collaborations with Dreamcastmoe and Dean Blunt/babyfather set the scene for a full fledged entrance at the top of this decade, and subsequent guest chops on close collaborator Vegyn’s records, and more recently with Young label mate Jamie xx, have continued to give a broad context for Glacier's sound, with ‘Like A Ribbon’ now fully staking her at the forefront of that amorphous movement so definitive of our time.
With more than half of the album already out there since start of the year, including the Moin-ish ‘Satellites’ and ‘Money Shows’ ft. Eartheater, a Salem-esque ‘Emotions’ and ‘Nevasure’, plus the recently deployed thizz of ‘Found’, let’s skip to the new stuff unveiled in the full package. The type of grungy swag that feeds into Mica Levi’s various binds, or even surfacing in Kim Gordon’s ‘The Collective’ inform the burnt-out scuzz-rap tone of ‘Don’t Cover Me’, and equally laces the cracked snap and buckle of ‘Steady As I Am’, where she holds her head up against an almost collapsing beat and rudely yanked, discordant strangs.
She continues to dwell in that lineage of indie-rock-rap, but dried of its more saccharine, overbearing sentiments with the likes of ‘Home’ ruminating on love and trust in the preacariat generation, whilst reserving a fine balance between 2-step and moody blooz on ‘Ocean Steppin’’ featuring modern soul star Sampha on the chorus, and tags in Surf Gang for the woozy bop ‘Dancing In The Rain’, before signing off with poignant baroque soul poetry ‘Heaven’s Sent’ that gently strums on the heartstrings and positions Glacier as a main protagonist of a scene now fully ripened..
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Estimated Release Date: 14 February 2025
Please note that shipping dates for pre-orders are estimated and are subject to change
Boomkat Product Review:
Dare-to-differ rapper, poet and producer John Glacier assumes her role as London’s leading hybridizer of hip hop and post-punk with a sterling 2nd album co-produced and written by Vegyn, Kwes Darko and Flume, and ft. Sampha and Eartheater.
‘Like A Ribbon’ firms up John Glacier’s brooding sound a half decade since everyone scattered flowers at the feet of her standout debut LP, ‘SHILOH: Lost For Words’ in 2021. The Hackney based artist has steadily built a rep for a prism-shaking style since 2017’s ‘Broken Macbook’ identified her among a new wave of artists along with the likes of Klein, Honour, Coby Sey, baby_asl and James Messiah, messing with the form from the inside out. Collaborations with Dreamcastmoe and Dean Blunt/babyfather set the scene for a full fledged entrance at the top of this decade, and subsequent guest chops on close collaborator Vegyn’s records, and more recently with Young label mate Jamie xx, have continued to give a broad context for Glacier's sound, with ‘Like A Ribbon’ now fully staking her at the forefront of that amorphous movement so definitive of our time.
With more than half of the album already out there since start of the year, including the Moin-ish ‘Satellites’ and ‘Money Shows’ ft. Eartheater, a Salem-esque ‘Emotions’ and ‘Nevasure’, plus the recently deployed thizz of ‘Found’, let’s skip to the new stuff unveiled in the full package. The type of grungy swag that feeds into Mica Levi’s various binds, or even surfacing in Kim Gordon’s ‘The Collective’ inform the burnt-out scuzz-rap tone of ‘Don’t Cover Me’, and equally laces the cracked snap and buckle of ‘Steady As I Am’, where she holds her head up against an almost collapsing beat and rudely yanked, discordant strangs.
She continues to dwell in that lineage of indie-rock-rap, but dried of its more saccharine, overbearing sentiments with the likes of ‘Home’ ruminating on love and trust in the preacariat generation, whilst reserving a fine balance between 2-step and moody blooz on ‘Ocean Steppin’’ featuring modern soul star Sampha on the chorus, and tags in Surf Gang for the woozy bop ‘Dancing In The Rain’, before signing off with poignant baroque soul poetry ‘Heaven’s Sent’ that gently strums on the heartstrings and positions Glacier as a main protagonist of a scene now fully ripened..
Estimated Release Date: 14 February 2025
Please note that shipping dates for pre-orders are estimated and are subject to change
Boomkat Product Review:
Dare-to-differ rapper, poet and producer John Glacier assumes her role as London’s leading hybridizer of hip hop and post-punk with a sterling 2nd album co-produced and written by Vegyn, Kwes Darko and Flume, and ft. Sampha and Eartheater.
‘Like A Ribbon’ firms up John Glacier’s brooding sound a half decade since everyone scattered flowers at the feet of her standout debut LP, ‘SHILOH: Lost For Words’ in 2021. The Hackney based artist has steadily built a rep for a prism-shaking style since 2017’s ‘Broken Macbook’ identified her among a new wave of artists along with the likes of Klein, Honour, Coby Sey, baby_asl and James Messiah, messing with the form from the inside out. Collaborations with Dreamcastmoe and Dean Blunt/babyfather set the scene for a full fledged entrance at the top of this decade, and subsequent guest chops on close collaborator Vegyn’s records, and more recently with Young label mate Jamie xx, have continued to give a broad context for Glacier's sound, with ‘Like A Ribbon’ now fully staking her at the forefront of that amorphous movement so definitive of our time.
With more than half of the album already out there since start of the year, including the Moin-ish ‘Satellites’ and ‘Money Shows’ ft. Eartheater, a Salem-esque ‘Emotions’ and ‘Nevasure’, plus the recently deployed thizz of ‘Found’, let’s skip to the new stuff unveiled in the full package. The type of grungy swag that feeds into Mica Levi’s various binds, or even surfacing in Kim Gordon’s ‘The Collective’ inform the burnt-out scuzz-rap tone of ‘Don’t Cover Me’, and equally laces the cracked snap and buckle of ‘Steady As I Am’, where she holds her head up against an almost collapsing beat and rudely yanked, discordant strangs.
She continues to dwell in that lineage of indie-rock-rap, but dried of its more saccharine, overbearing sentiments with the likes of ‘Home’ ruminating on love and trust in the preacariat generation, whilst reserving a fine balance between 2-step and moody blooz on ‘Ocean Steppin’’ featuring modern soul star Sampha on the chorus, and tags in Surf Gang for the woozy bop ‘Dancing In The Rain’, before signing off with poignant baroque soul poetry ‘Heaven’s Sent’ that gently strums on the heartstrings and positions Glacier as a main protagonist of a scene now fully ripened..
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