- 2026-04-29
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MUSIC
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Ecca Vandal Announces New Album “LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW”, Shares New Song “SORRY! CRASH!”
Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Ecca Vandal has announced her upcoming sophomore album “LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW” will be released on May 22, 2026 via Loma Vista Recordings.
It is her first album in nine years, following 2017 self-titled debut album.
So far, she has released 5 singles “BLEED BUT NEVER DIE”, “THEN THERE'S ONE”, “CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE”, “MOLLY”, and “BLEACH” from the album.
On April 1, 2026, she released the sixth single called “SORRY! CRASH!”.
The song received its first play during BBC Radio 1's Future Artists with Sian Eleri.
It was written and produced by Ecca Vandal and Richie Buxton.
She first performed the song at Coachella 2026.
Ecca Vandal said of the song, “I thought I’d hit rock bottom when I wrote this, but realised there isn’t really a rock bottom at all - you just keep falling. This song is that moment where you stop pretending that you’re okay, 'SORRY! I’m about to CRASH! the f*ck out!'”- The new album comprises 17 tracks, which she recorded with producer Kid Not, aka Richie Buxton at Richie Buxton's childhood bedroom.
Ecca Vandal said of the album, “The systems. The trends. The illusions of connection. It’s about choosing silence over spectacle, finding empowerment through letting go. It’s a space we still protect at all costs, especially now more than ever, while the world is on fire and distraction has become our default state. We cut out everything that didn’t serve us, the timelines, the metrics, the pressure to ‘stay visible’ online. We tuned out of the feed and turned inwards.”
She continued, “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 from the online game. Deep in bayside Melbourne, far from our inner-city friends, that little room became our whole world for nearly two years. It held all our chaos and all our clarity, a little ‘playpen’ where we could live, 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 whole body of work, while the world was chasing 15-second snippets and algorithm-friendly noise.”
She added, “So we left behind the room packed with industry chatter and opinions, and created our own little haven. And honestly, it was magic. The best decision we’ve ever made.” -
“LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW” Track List- “AIRPLANE MODE”
- “EYES SHUT ”
- “SORRY! CRASH!”
- “VERTICAL WORLDS”
- “BLEED BUT NEVER DIE”
- “CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE”
- “MOLLY”
- “OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY”
- “LEVITATE PART 1&2”
- “LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW”
- “THEN THERE’S ONE”
- “BLEACH”
- “DID A LITTLE MORE TO FORGET”
- “DO IT ANYWAY”
- “DANCE IN DEBT”
- “GHOSTS”
- “CAME HERE FOR THE LOOT”
Photo by Sean McDonald - source : BBC Radio 1
