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Ecca Vandal by Sean McDonald
ALTERNATIVE PRESS COVER • CAMP FLOG GNAW LIVE • SOUTH AMERICA TOUR • COACHELLA 2026
Sri Lankan, South African-born, Melbourne-based artist Ecca Vandal is a fearless sonic shapeshifter that fuses punk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, trip-hop and electronic influences into a sound that’s as explosive as it is unmistakably her own. Today, she shares her new single “MOLLY,” which arrives with a music video directed by Ecca Vandal and Richie Buxton shot in Ballarat, Australia. Ecca and Richie are the masterminds behind all of Ecca Vandal’s visuals to date, creating the vibrant and electric world that Ecca’s sonics live in. “MOLLY” follows her Alternative Press cover story that was released last week, where Ecca spoke about her specific sound that’s shaking up the conversation and hints at a forthcoming full length project to come.
Speaking about “MOLLY,” Ecca shares,
“There’s the surface meaning, the chaos, the high, that kind of bliss that comes from forgetting things for a while, from turning the volume down on the world. But underneath all that, there’s something quieter going on – the feeling of being cut down, sometimes broken into pieces, and then slowly finding your way back, getting up again, rebuilding yourself bit by bit.”
“MOLLY” is a taste of a larger body of work to come and follows previous singles “CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE,” “BLEED BUT NEVER DIE” and “THEN THERE’S ONE.” 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.
Ecca Vandal will be performing at Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Festival this weekend and will be making her Coachella debut in April 2026. Next month, she’ll be heading out on a string of tour dates with Limp Bizkit across South America. Additionally, Ecca will be performing at Rock im Park Festival and Rock am Ring Festival in Germany next June ahead of performing at Outbreak Festival in Manchester, United Kingdom on June 27th, 2026. Full live dates listed below and more 2026 live dates to come.
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.
Check out “MOLLY” above, see full upcoming live dates below and stay tuned for more from Ecca Vandal coming soon.
Upcoming Live Dates
*= supporting Limp Bizkit
2025
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
11/29 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Explanada del Estadio Azteca*
12/02 – San José, Costa Rica @ Parque Viva*
12/05 – Bogotá, Colombia @ Estadio Nemésio Camacho El Campín*
12/09 – Lima, Peru @ Costa 21*
12/13 – Santiago, Chile @ Estadio Monumental David Arellano*
12/16 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ PARQUE SARMIENTO*
12/20 – São Paulo, Brazil @ Allianz Parque*
2026
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
06/05 – Nurburgring, DE @ Rock im Park Festival (Germany)
06/06 – Nurburg, DE @ Rock am Ring Festival (Germany)
06/27 – Manchester, UK @ Outbreak Festival
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