John Glacier – Like A Ribbon

Label: Young
Released: 14th February 2025

East London rapper and producer John Glacier is breaking out of the alt-rap underground with her astonishingly good and deeply immersive debut album ‘Like A Ribbon’. 

This is a record that a lot of people have been waiting a long time for, and it lives up to the expectation. The mix of sounds and styles is intoxicating, rooted in alternative rap but encompassing the expansive breadth of Glacier’s vision as she goes deep on the stunning, dreamlike reverie of ‘Emotions’ while ‘Home’ is a gauzy piece of lo-fi guitar haze. ‘Ocean Stepping’ featuring Sampha is the heartstopping centrepiece of a hugely impressive collection. 

‘Like A Ribbon’ pulls off the special trick of being more accessible yet losing none of the eclecticism and dynamism of Glacier’s previous work. It exists in its own sonic space and Is a perfect introduction to anyone not familiar with John Glacier’s world. Dive in.