It’s been a spectacular year for the Montreal-based band Ribbon Skirt.
Following the critical acclaim of their Polaris Music Prize 2025-shortlisted album Bite Down, the band recently released a new EP titled Pensacola via Mint Records.
The four-track collection features songs that didn’t make it onto Bite Down, yet it stands strong on its own — a heavy, experimental alt-rock release that feels distinctly and authentically Ribbon Skirt.
About the EP by Ribbon Skirt:
Framed as an epilogue to their critically acclaimed debut Bite Down, it captures the emotional residue left in the album’s wake – the lingering heat, the unsaid, the still-burning edge.
Shaped by memory and motion, PENSACOLA weaves shoegaze textures, piercing vocal hooks, and blown-out production with stripped-back flashes of quiet intensity.
Tracks like “LUCKY8” and “COMMA,” pulse with urgency and emotional sleight of hand, while “BRAIDS” and the title track lean into something more fragile, haunted by questions of survival, family ties, and spiritual reckoning. With just four tracks, Ribbon Skirt closes one chapter while offering a glimpse of the evolution still ahead.
Pensacola gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Ribbon Skirt – Pensacola [Streaming]
