Ecca Vandal

Presented byRausgegangen München
Support: Freddy Forbidden

Ecca Vandal, a musical phenomenon who draws inspiration from both Nina Simone and Fugazi, has announced her new album, “LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW,” set to be released on May 22 via Loma Vista Recordings. “LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW” is an album about letting go, about severing ties to everything that drains your energy and distorts your perspective, says Vandal: “The systems. The trends. Theillusions of connection. I find empowerment in being loud and noisy—especially as a woman in this globalmoment who grew up in a culture that told me I couldn’t be those things.”

The album was recorded and produced by Richie Buxton and Ecca Vandal in Buxton’s childhood bedroom.

“We cut out everything that didn’t serve us—the timelines, the metrics, the pressure to ‘stay visible’ online.We tuned out the feed and turned inward. In Richie’s childhood bedroom, we built a tiny home studio—four walls that became a universe. The internet was painfully slow, so we were truly disconnected fromthe online world. Deep in Bayside Melbourne, far from our inner-city friends, that little room became ourwhole world for nearly two years. It held all our chaos and all our clarity—a little “playpen” where we couldlive, play, and experiment like teenagers again. We started making things with our hands again—tangible,imperfect, and real. We wanted to celebrate long-form—the idea of an album as a complete body of work—while the world was chasing 15-second snippets and algorithm-friendly noise.So we left behind the room filled with industry chatter andopinions, and created our own little haven. And honestly, it was magic. The best decision we’ve ever made.”

In the spring of 2026, Ecca Vandal will make her debut at the Coachella Festival, followed by an Australian tour as the opening act for the Deftones. Big stages are nothing new to her: she and her band have already performed at Camp Flog Gnaw and toured with Limp Bizkit, Queens of the Stone Age, IDLES, The Prodigy, and many others. Her high-energy performances have become her trademark, as she blends elements of punk, jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music into a distinctive sound.