Ecca Vandal brings punk refusal to Looking for People to Unfollow

Ecca Vandal’s Looking for People to Unfollow remains one of the loudest and most restless releases from the 22 May weekend. Released via Loma Vista, the album captures Vandal’s gift for refusing clean categories. Her sound jumps between punk, rap, hardcore, alternative rock, electronic pressure and pop hooks, but the point is not eclecticism for its own sake. The friction is the fuel.

The album title feels perfectly timed for 2026: funny, exhausted and quietly savage. Looking for People to Unfollow suggests social media fatigue, but also a larger emotional cleanup: removing whatever drains your life, performs around you or demands attention without offering anything back. Vandal’s music does not politely ask for space. It takes it, with distorted attitude, sharp vocal presence and an understanding that being noisy can be empowering when the world keeps rewarding silence.

For an indie and alternative digest, this is a strong 24 May weekend carryover because it represents a future-facing version of heavy pop: digital, punk-rooted, self-aware and completely uninterested in behaving. Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/12-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-bladee-fakemink-and-eli