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Ecca Vandal Drops Debut Album, Features Sampa The Great

6/1/2026

Summary

Ecca Vandal Debuts Album

Ecca Vandal released her debut album in Australia two years after her 2015 single “White Flag.”
The record features the track “My Orbit” with guest vocalist Sampa The Great.
She opened for Deftones on their Australian arena tour and for Limp Bizkit on the Loserville world tour.
Critics compare her genre-blending sound—punk, hip-hop, alternative rock, hardcore and bhangra—to M.I.A., Nova Twins and Turnstile.

Summary

Vandal Explores Identity

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW acts as a punchline and manifesto rejecting personal-brand pressure.
Vandal’s lyrics explore identity, performance anxiety, burnout and modern life’s exhausting theatre.
The opening stretch is ‘brutally brilliant’ with snarling guitars, colliding beats and confident vocals.
A 40-second instrumental links the midpoint to the bhangra-flavoured ‘THEN THERE’S ONE.’
The album closes with vulnerable vocals on ‘CAME HERE FOR THE LOOT,’ revealing Vandal’s songwriting.

History

Historical Context

The Avalanches released their debut album Since I Left You on 27 November 2000, a sample-heavy record that reached the UK top ten, earned ARIA platinum status and used over 3,500 vinyl snippets. Its genre-blending success opened doors for Australian acts, evident in Ecca Vandal’s 2023 debut, which fuses punk with bhangra and tours with global rock bands.

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Ecca Vandal Debuts Album

Ecca Vandal released her debut album in Australia two years after her 2015 single “White Flag.”
The record features the track “My Orbit” with guest vocalist Sampa The Great.
She opened for Deftones on their Australian arena tour and for Limp Bizkit on the Loserville world tour.
Critics compare her genre-blending sound—punk, hip-hop, alternative rock, hardcore and bhangra—to M.I.A., Nova Twins and Turnstile.

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