When Ecca Vandal released her self-titled debut in 2017, it felt like somebody had kicked a hole through the polite boundaries of Australian alternative music. Hip-hop, punk, electronica, metal and pop all collided at once inside songs that sounded impatient with genre itself. Then, almost as quickly as she arrived, Vandal seemed to vanish from view. Rumours of new material slowly taking shape somewhere out of sight. Instead of rushing a follow-up, Vandal disappeared into a strange kind of creative exile alongside fellow musician and partner Richie Buxton, eventually ending up living in his parents’ garage after noise complaints…

Ecca Vandal’s Looking for People to Unfollow, which drops May 22, 2026 via Loma Vista Recordings, is a raw, unapologetic 17-track statement that captures the Sri Lankan Tamil–Australian artist at h…