Known for her fearless genre-bending sound, Ecca Vandal epitomises creative multiplicity — a rebellious and tenacious voice with an explosive shot of adrenaline. Today, the multi-disciplinary artist shares her official video for ‘CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE’, the new song that boils with her signature blend of outspoken new wave and coarse punk. The video was filmed at Knox Skate Park in Naarm / Melbourne, and was directed by Ecca Vandal + Richie Buxton. WATCH HERE.

“The idea for the ‘CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE’ video came during the pandemic when I took up skateboarding,” Ecca tells Alternative Press. “I’d always loved skate culture, but it wasn’t until I started learning to skate in a heart-shaped bowl in a little suburb called Knox that I really felt its impact. Skating there, so offline and present in the moment, became a form of self-soothing for me. The song is about shedding negativity and finding self-belief, and the many days I spent at that skate bowl perfectly represented that journey—feeling small and unsteady at first, then gradually owning every curve. And I’ve got to shout out the adorable ‘Ecca Train’, a prop that symbolises the back-and-forth ride of building confidence—doing it with style and as if nobody’s watching.”

She adds, “‘CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE’ was actually written in 2018 when I was living in London. My partner and I were listening to so much Fugazi and Jane’s Addiction (Ritual-era) – we definitely owe a serious debt to those great bands whose music, perhaps not incidentally, is so perfect to skate to. Guy Picciotto’s vocals in particular actually had a huge impact on me at the time.”

WATCH: ‘CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE’ (Official Video)

Ecca’s recent releases, her first in several years, include 2024’s ‘BLEED BUT NEVER DIE‘ and ‘THEN THERE’S ONE‘. ‘CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE’ is her third release after “taking a bit of a breather for my heart, health and art”. In the few months since entering this new era, Ecca’s performance reels have skyrocketed her social media following and generated substantial online buzz.

A musical auteur, Ecca Vandal defies categorisation, seamlessly weaving together punk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, trip-hop, and electronic influences into a sound that’s bold, dynamic, and entirely her own. 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. Neither her sound nor persona are fixed for easy consumption. Political, rebellious and tenacious, with a voice demanding to be heard — Ecca Vandal is magnetism personified and exactly what we need right now.