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Ecca Vandal by Sean McDonald
MAKING COACHELLA DEBUT THIS APRIL
SUPPORTING DEFTONES ON AUSTRALIAN AND
NEW ZEALAND RUN THIS MAY
Melbourne-based, boundary-pushing artist Ecca Vandal unveils her new single “BLEACH” today. Arriving alongside a striking self-directed video—written, styled, edited, and directed by Ecca herself—the release deepens the fiercely independent world she’s been building across recent singles “MOLLY, ” “CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE,” “BLEED BUT NEVER DIE” and “THEN THERE’S ONE.” All of the recent singles are taken from Ecca’s forthcoming album, her long awaited, yet to be announced follow up to her 2017 self-titled record.
“BLEACH” hits as a brutal act of self-renewal: a scorched-earth purge of fear, labels, and inherited rules, capturing the clarity that comes from cutting away what no longer serves you in order to build something brighter.
Speaking about her new song, Ecca shares, “‘BLEACH’ is the moment you shed the version of yourself moulded by fear. It’s brutal, honest, messy, and necessary — letting the old stuff go to make room for something new.”
Ecca Vandal fearlessly fuses punk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, trip-hop and electronic influences into a sound that’s as explosive as it is unmistakably her own. Spending her formative years as a jazz musician, her passion for improvisation led her to fall in love with the DIY abandon of punk and foster an ability to effortlessly balance soulful melodies with raw, unapologetic power. At the end of last year, Ecca graced the cover of Alternative Press, where she spoke with Editor-in-Chief Anna Zanes about her specific sound that’s shaking up the conversation and hints at the forthcoming full length project to come.
Following performances with Limp Bizkit across South America and at Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival last year, Ecca Vandal will be making her Coachella debut this April ahead of performances at Rock im Park Festival and Rock am Ring Festival in Germany, Outbreak Festival in Manchester, UK, Rock For People Festival in Prague this June and Rosklde Festival in Denmark this July. Additionally this May, Ecca will join Deftones as support across Australia and New Zealand. Full live dates listed below.
South African-born with Tamil heritage and an upbringing in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia, Ecca Vandal strutted her way onto the musical landscape in traditional punk-style with an edgy disposition and something to say. Ecca brings unrelenting energy to the stage with a history of touring alongside global heavyweights such as Queens of the Stone Age, Idles and The Prodigy, among others. Refusing to be confined, Ecca shapeshifts between defiance and vulnerability, wielding her music as both statement and spectacle. She embodies rebellion with grace — a modern-day provocateur whose magnetism is undeniable.
Upcoming Live Dates
*= supporting Deftones
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
05/02 – Sydney, AU @ Qudos Bank Arena*
05/03 – Sydney, AU @ Qudos Bank Arena*
05/06 – Brisbane, AU @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre*
05/07 – Brisbane, AU @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre*
05/09 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena*
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena*
05/13 – Auckland, NZ @ Spark Arena*
06/05 – Nurburgring, DE @ Rock im Park Festival (Germany)
06/06 – Nurburg, DE @ Rock am Ring Festival (Germany)
06/10 – Hradec Kralove, CZ @ Rock For People Festival (Prague)
06/15 – Athens, GR @ Release Festival
06/28 – Manchester, UK @ Outbreak Festival
07/02-04 – Rosklide, DK @ Rosklide Festival
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