EKKSTACY had a huge year in 2024, touring with $uicideboy$ and blink-182 while continuing to evolve his outsider sound with his self-titled LP. Today, the Vancouver-bred musician announced his next album, Forever, which arrives May 16 via UnitedMasters.
EKKSTACY has always kept a diverse collection of influences close, citing Misfits, Surf Curse, and Joji in the past. This time, he turned toward Japandroids and Remo Drive while creating the album, written in Vancouver and recorded in LA with a full band. His latest single, “keep my head down,” follows the gentler, stripped-down stride of last year’s “mr. mole” and “seventeen,” falling somewhere between emo and pop punk.
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“This is my favorite album… First time I’ve written at home since misery and NEGATIVE,” he says. “It was a beautiful process — it felt natural. Somehow making this album was easy. It was fucking fun. I wanted to make it. I hit what felt like rock bottom 1,000 times. But I needed to. This record is about that.”
Listen to “keep my head down” and see the LP artwork below.
