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Emma Ruth Rundle


Country of origin:

U.S.

Type of music generally:

Beautiful & fierce evocative/eclectic altpop

Status:

Most recent release, May Our Chambers Be Full (with Thou, 2020)

See also:

Emma Ruth Rundle's site

Emma Ruth Rundle's bandcamp page

Emma Ruth Rundle's facebook page

Wikipedia's entry for Emma Ruth Rundle

Emma Ruth Rundle is also a member of Red Sparowes, Marriages, and Nocturnes

Bandcamp page for side project The Headless Prince of Zolpidem

Comparisons:

Bat for Lashes, Torres

Covers/own material:

Own

General comments:

Deep and evocative—impressively affecting without being overwrought. (Neile)

Recommended first album:

Either

Recordings:


Some Heavy Ocean

Release info:

2014—Sargent House—SH118

Availability:

Hello Merch

Ecto priority:

Highly recommended

Group members:

Emma Ruth Rundle—vocals, guitars, keyboards, flue, bass

Guest artists:

Chris Common—drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, vocals
Andrea Calderon—string arrangements and performance, vocals
Greg Burns—pedal steel
Henry Kohen—guitar ((2)

Comments:

What a gorgeous, mournful, powerful album this is. It obsessed me for weeks and weeks with its emotive power, and how it feels like an emotional journey. Every time I play it I get caught up in it. Though she sounds a little like other artists (Bat for Lashes, Torres) her inventiveness is her own. I adore this album. (Neile)

pretty spectacular "dark-folk." A favorite of 2014. (mcurry@io.com)

It makes me feel like a gutted young person again in the best way possible. (timjy@sbcglobal.net)


Marked For Death (2016)

Release info:

2016—Sargent House—SH 162

Availability:

Wide

Ecto priority:

Highly recommended

Group members:

Emma Ruth Rundle—all guitars, vocals

Guest artists:

Andrew Clinco—drums, percussion
Troy Zeigler—bass
Andrea Calderon—violin, vocal harmonies
Jason Adams—cello

Produced by:

Emma Ruth Rundle and Sonny DiPerri

Comments:

Such a great album! Haunting and moody in all the best ways. Just as great (or perhaps even better) as Some Heavy Ocean. (Neile)

One of the best albums of the year. (timjy@sbcglobal.net)


On Dark Horses

Release info:

2018—Sargent House—SH197

Availability:

Wide

Ecto priority:

Highly recommended

Group members:

Emma Ruth Rundle—vocals, guitars, flute

Guest artists:

Dylan Nadon—drums, percussion
Evan Patterson—guitars, vocals, piano
Todd Cook—bass

Produced by:

Kevin Ratterman

Comments:

I didn't know how much I needed a new Emma Ruth Rundle disc until this came out. In sound it's very like her two previous albums, but as always the songwriting makes it distinct and dangerously full of emotion. Don't listen to it unless you're ready to get carried into a rich, beautiful, and often aching darkness. This is one of my top albums of 2018. Maybe *the* top. (Neile)

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