Ecca Vandal

Ecca Vandal is a South African-born alternative rock singer-songwriter and rapper, currently living in Melbourne, Australia. To date, Vandal has released two studio albums: Ecca Vandal (2017) and Looking For People To Unfollow (2026).

Early life

Vandal was born in Louis Trichardt, South Africa, to Sri Lankan Tamil refugee parents. When she was a child, her parents chose to leave South Africa with Ecca and her older sisters and moved to Australia, settling in Melbourne. Vandal grew up listening to gospel music, and, as she recalled, "got into [her] sister's record collection, soul and hip hop and '90s RnB. And then [she] actually became obsessed with jazz music". Vandal attended the Victorian College of the Arts, studying for a Bachelor of Creative Arts.

Music career

2013–2016: Early years

In 2014, Ecca Vandal released her debut single “White Flag”, co-produced with Kidnot and Hadyn Buxton. The track later appeared on a double A-side 7-inch single, “Battle Royal” / “White Flag”, released in 2015.

In July 2015, she played at Splendour in the Grass.

On 29 January 2016, Vandal's debut EP, End of Time was released, with her performing a promotional national tour throughout February.

2017–2023: Self-titled debut album

On 28 July 2017, Vandal released her first single, "Broke Days, Party Nights", from her then-upcoming debut album, with an accompanying music video. On 22 September, the single "Future Heroine" was released, along with its music video. On 12 October, Vandal released the third single, "Price of Living", featuring Dennis Lyxzén of Refused, and Jason Aalon Butler of Letlive. On 20 October, Vandal released her debut self-titled album. Thomas Smith, of NME, gave the album a rating of 4-out-of-5 stars. From 3–25 November, Vandal performed a national tour for the album. In December, Vandal made her UK tour debut, supporting Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. She then returned home to perform at the 2017 Falls Music & Arts Festival.

In March 2018, she supported Incubus on their Australian East Coast tour. In April, Vandal released a music video for her track "Your Orbit", featuring Sampa the Great. June saw Ecca Vandal perform at Download Festival on the Avalanche Stage. In July, Ecca Vandal traveled to Paris, France and performed at Afropunk Paris 2018 held at the Grande Halle de la Villette. On 24–26 August, Ecca Vandal performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals back in the UK. In September she performed at Reeperbahn 2018. In November, Vandal collaborated with Birdz on his track "Place of Dreams". In December, Vandal joined the lineup for the inaugural Good Things Festival.

On 10 January 2019, Ecca Vandal was confirmed to appear on Hilltop Hoods' new album The Great Expanse as a featured artist, it was later released in February. She appears on the tracks "Be Yourself" alongside feature artist Nyassa, and "Exit Sign" alongside feature artist Illy. "Exit Sign" debuted at #44 on the ARIA Singles Charts. On 15 May, Vandal was confirmed to appear at the 2019 Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, performing with Two People and Slag Queens. On 10 July, Vandal was featured on the single "In My Mind" by Alice Ivy. On 10 December, Vandal co-wrote and performed the vocals for League of Legends' new champion Rell's theme song.

On 21 February 2021, Ecca Vandal was featured on Void of Vision's re-imagined version of their single "Decay" from their 2019 album Hyperdaze.

2024–present: Looking for People to Unfollow

On 7 August 2024, Ecca Vandal released the single "Bleed But Never Die", followed later in the year by the more trip-hop styled single "Then There's One".

On 27 February 2025, Ecca Vandal released the single "Cruising To Self Soothe". Through March and April they supported Limp Bizkit on the European leg of their 2025 Loserville tour. On 13 November, Vandal released the single "Molly" along with accompanying music video.

On 4 February 2026, Ecca Vandal released the single "Bleach" along with its accompanying music video directed by Ecca Vandal and Richie 'kidnot' Buxton. Alfie Sansom from Argus Far called the song "a spiky, screaming self-reflection with a sharp edge [...] as though Trench took an acid plunge."

On 1 April 2026, Ecca Vandal announced their second album "Looking for People to Unfollow" scheduled for release on 22 May 2026, along with the single "SORRY! CRASH!".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Music videos

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

The APRA Music Awards were established by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 1982 to honour the achievements of songwriters and music composers, and to recognise their song writing skills, sales and airplay performance, by its members annually.

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.