photo by Tommy Krause
NYC art-rockers Ecce Shnak kick off their UK tour with EMF this week, beginning with Manchester and followed by Worthing, Portsmouth, Southend, London and Leeds. They wrapped up East coast and Midwest dates in North America last month following their 2025 West Coast, along with Spacehog. Ecce Shnak also recently featured on EMF’s stellar track ‘LGBTQ+ Lover’ with both Davey and Bella contributing vocals, the video for which was filmed during the 2025 tour.
This is all happening on the back of “Vincent”, the first single from their full-length album “Dandy Variances”, out in autumn via Records, Man Records. Operatic trills collide with frantic rock energy in a high-decibel takedown of a formulaic antagonist through the power of one’s own voice. Directed and edited by DJay Brawner and produced by Brawner, Brooks Jones, Beth Narducci and David Roush, the video is an homage to superb music videos of yesteryear – for Meshuggah’s “Bleed” and 311’s “Down”.
Formed in the mid-noughties and forged in NYC’s experimental scene, Ecce Shnak (pronounced Eh-kay sh-knock) is made up of David Roush (composer, bassist and one of two singers), Bella Komodromos (vocals), Chris Krasnow (guitar), Gannon Ferrell (guitar), and Henry Buchanan-Vaughn (drums).
“We, Ecce Shnak and EMF, are absolutely thrilled to BOOMshnakalaka our way through 6 dates in EMF’s homeland… It will be EMF and Ecce Shnak’s 3rd musical voyage together, after our trampucings through the West Coast of the US in June 2025 and parts of the East Coast this past month,” says David Roush.
Ecce Shnak has a reputation for astounding performances, their music a volatile yet meticulously crafted ecosystem, where technical precision meets a sense of inspired mayhem. Their 2025 ‘Shadows Grow Fangs’ EP was recorded and produced by Jeff Lucci, mixed by Nicholas Vernhes (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Wild Nothing, War on Drugs) and mastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Joe LaPorta (David Bowie, The Weeknd, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend).
“Vincent is a mid-tempo, jumpy, flash-in-the-pan hardcore song with classical art song vocals. I originally wrote it for a film that was never made but was imagined by a classmate of mine at Temple University in Philadelphia in 2015. The character Vincent is an archetype of a smug, inconsiderate jerk most of us occasionally come across, try as we might to avoid them. Vincent is not an absolute scoundrel, but he is wack enough to rightly deserve the average person’s indignant eye-roll,” says David Roush.
“Ultimately, the narrator resolves to overthrow Vincent’s jerkface’itude in the final refrain: “I’ll destroy your equipment with my voice!” If you have a medium-tier opponent in your life whom you would like to rid yourself of somehow, you can sing this line to yourself. Hopefully your Vincent will buzz off and go kick rocks!”
‘Vincent’ can be found on digital music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Mus, YouTube Music and Bandcamp. Tour tickets are available online.
TOUR DATES
JUN 02 Manchester, UK – Gorilla
JUN 03 Worthing, UK – The Factory Live
JUN 04 Portsmouth, UK – Kola
JUN 05 Southend, UK – Chinnerys
JUN 06 London, UK – The Garage
JUN 07 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
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