Ecca Vandal – Cruising To Self Soothe
Known for her fearless genre-bending sound, Ecca Vandal epitomizes 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 in a skate park in the City of Knox, Australia and was directed by Ecca Vandal + Richie Buxton.
“The idea for the ‘Cruising to Self Soothe’ video came during the pandemic when I took up skateboarding,” Ecca tells Alternative Press via their premiere. “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 Ritual-era Jane’s Addiction – 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.”
A musical auteur, Ecca Vandal defies categorization, 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.
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