jael holzman

embarrassed to admit I'm just hearing about at least three of these

ekko fucking astral. always

311 was an inside job

with the right to forget it all too

no

rest in peace my granny she got hit by a bazooka

treating your anxiety is a hell of a drug

lil xan goes to washington by @ekkoastral.bsky.social out now on every platform that sells your data to advertisers

ELECT * SANDLER FOR PRESIDENT With a doodle of Adam sandler

ekko tour merch sneak peek just for bluesky. elect sandler for president bumper sticker by @heyoerin.bsky.social

me too

Why this Cumberland County farmer said no to $15M from data center developers Mervin Raudabaugh had a chance to strike it rich from the burgeoning AI economy. He followed his own emotional intelligence instead.

people hate data centers so much they’re turning away $15 million dollars

good morning sunshine the earth says hello

cant believe i ran out of jest i was told it was infinite

last night the #1 spotify listener for ekko astral showed up at the show and was positively giddy

really young kid, super cool and her dad was there too

maybe one of the most wholesome and heartwarming moments of my entire life

Maryland lawmakers override vetoes on reparations, data centers and climate studies State lawmakers overturned 19 of Gov. Wes Moore’ vetoes on Tuesday.

yeah idk if Wes Moore stands to succeed in a run for president

Adding June 6th to the calendar

I got to see ekko astral open for pup/jeff rosenstock last year and I’ve never seen an opener just immediately mesmerize and command the crowd the way they did. if you get a chance go see them!

show was lit

my best friend in the entire world ❤️

next time :)

MARCH 26 - W/EKKO ASTRAL • THE CROCODILE • SEATTLE, WA MARCH 27 • TREEFORT MUSIC FEST • BOISE, ID MARCH 28 - W/EKKO ASTRAL • ALADDIN THEATER • PORTLAND, OR MARCH 30 - W/EKKO ASTRAL • THE CHAPEL • SAN FRANCISCO, CA MARCH 31 - W/EKKO ASTRAL • THE REGENT THEATER - LOS ANGELES, CA

thank you to those who came to see us open for agriculture last night on valentine’s day. it was an exhilarating performing warmup after a months long break.

up next: west coast tour w @shitrock.bsky.social & @treefortfest.bsky.social

lil xan goes to washington by Ekko Astral on Apple Music

listen to lil xan goes to washington by @ekkoastral.bsky.social !!!!!!!!

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lil xan goes to washington by Ekko Astral is playing now on New Music Daily

my first wig was charli xcx’s self titled hairstyle doo off her merch store. from having a pop 2 poster in my bedroom to joining her on the front page of apple music. dreams do come true

TOUR 2026 *with Perennial KINGSTON, NY Friday, May 29 - Tubby's* BURLINGTON, VT Saturday, May 30 - Monkey House* PORTLAND, ME Sunday, May 31 - SPACE* PROVIDENCE, RI Tuesday, June 2 - Machines with Magnets BOSTON, MA Wednesday, June 3 - The Rockwell" NEW YORK, NY Friday, June 5 - Night Club 101 PHILADELPHIA, PA Saturday, June 6 - PhilaMOCA

ekko astral is taking the beltway on the road up north this spring. select dates with @perennialtheband.bsky.social

tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/ekkoastral

TOUR 2026 *with Perennial KINGSTON, NY Friday, May 29 - Tubby's* BURLINGTON, VT Saturday, May 30 - Monkey House* PORTLAND, ME Sunday, May 31 - SPACE* PROVIDENCE, RI Tuesday, June 2 - Machines with Magnets BOSTON, MA Wednesday, June 3 - The Rockwell" NEW YORK, NY Friday, June 5 - Night Club 101 PHILADELPHIA, PA Saturday, June 6 - PhilaMOCA

ekko astral is taking the beltway on the road up north this spring. select dates with @perennialtheband.bsky.social

tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/ekkoastral

caffeine baby

yes and no

When Ekko Astral dropped their searing debut pink balloons in 2024, it would be another year and change before Trump took office and deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. Recorded immediately after the 2024 U.S. General Election, Ekko Astral’s second album the beltway is burning was always intended as a real-time historical document in the form of a dark comedy. Each song plays out like a vignette, with Ekko Astral beckoning listeners into their fictionalized version of The Beltway (the area within I-495), in which Adam Sandler is a god-president and the DMV has become a demilitarized zone, a wasteland run by butt rockers and Soundcloud rappers. On the surrealist lead single “lil xan goes to washington,” the titular character travels to D.C. to lobby for addiction assistance legislation before succumbing to the cartoonish horror that is K Street (where all major lobbying firms are based), ultimately becoming a sellout himself. Such noisy, absurd caricatures abound on beltway, whose anchors are simultaneously heavier, poppier, and more complex than on predecessor pink balloons. Take the album’s pop diamond “lovesick american romance”: a 90s rock-indebted anthem that snarls at mainstream culture’s embrace of the manosphere. And then there’s the album’s centerpiece, “this is not a call to action but a lamentation on the situation at hand (or, capital riot),” which sees the band take an entirely new direction in a stretched-out, climactic barn-burner that invites listeners into the band’s funhouse version of D.C. Where pink balloons was written to uplift, the beltway is burning is meant to remind you of the stakes. On penultimate track “blood mountain,” Holzman asks “if I don’t know what’s wrong / how can it be righted?” This kind of tension is omnipresent in Ekko Astral’s work, grounding beltway in our present reality, injecting urgency and realism into each song despite their surrealist contours.

yeah sure I guess

Ekko Astral announce new album, the beltway is burning - Treble Hear "lil xan goes to washington"

@ekkoastral.bsky.social have announced a new album, 'the beltway is burning', via @topshelfrecords.com

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Ekko Astral.

Ekko Astral Announce New Album ‘the beltway is burning’, Release New Song https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/11/ekko-astral-announce-new-album-the-beltway-is-burning-release-new-song/