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| Born | October 10, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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Emma Ruth Rundle (born October 10, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and visual artist based in Portland, Oregon. Formerly of the Nocturnes and Marriages, she has released five solo albums and is a member of Red Sparowes. [1]
Rundle was born in Santa Monica, California and moved “back and forth between the Westside and Eastside” when she was growing up before attending Eagle Rock High School. [2] She was raised in Los Angeles with her younger sister in a household where a lot of folk music was played. [3] As a teenager, Rundle lived with her grandmother until the end of her life. [4] After a massive earthquake in her hometown, her mother took her into the legendary folk music store McCabe's and told her she could pick one instrument to rent for lessons. She initially chose the Celtic harp before switching to guitar, and later went on to work at McCabe's for 13 years. [5]
Following a year at CalArts and another year in New Zealand, [6] she formed her first band, the Nocturnes, and released the Wellington EP (2008) and two albums, A Year of Spring (2009) and Aokigahara (2011). Rundle also joined Red Sparowes and played on their third album, The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer , released by Sargent House on April 6, 2010.
She self-released an ambient guitar album, Electric Guitar: One, in 2011. [7] It was later reissued in 2014 by Errant Child Recordings. That same year, she formed the trio Marriages with Greg Burns and Dave Clifford, [8] the latter who would be replaced by Andrew Clinco after the release of their first EP, 2012's Kitsune . [9] They also released their first and only full-length album, Salome , in 2015. [9]
On January 7, 2013, she self-released the album Somnambulant, attributed to The Headless Prince of Zolpidem, which she described as "my somewhat anonymous downtempo, somewhat creepy electronic dark wave project". [10] [11]
Rundle's second solo work, Some Heavy Ocean , was released on May 20, 2014, by Sargent House. [12] It was co-produced by Chris Common and recorded at the Sargent House studio. Rundle lived at the studio complex as an artist-in-residence for the period. [3] The release was accompanied by a US tour with King Buzzo. [13]
Rundle suffers from adenomyosis, which in part inspired the material on her third album, Marked for Death, produced by Sonny DiPerri. [14] It was released in October 2016 on Sargent House. [15]
In January 2017, a split EP with Jaye Jayle, titled The Time Between Us, was announced, and the song "The Distance" was made available on streaming platforms. [16] [17] The EP was released by Sargent House on February 24.
Rundle's fourth studio album, On Dark Horses, was released on September 14, 2018. [18] It featured contributions by Jaye Jayle members Evan Patterson and Todd Cook as well as Dylan Nadon. [19] Also in 2018, Rundle provided backing vocals for "Just Breathe", a song on American rock band Thrice's 2018 album Palms . [20]
In August 2019, Roadburn Festival announced that Rundle was one of two curators for the 2020 edition. [21]
In October 2020, she released a collaboration album with Thou, May Our Chambers Be Full . [22] She also composed the score for the Riley Stearns film Dual. [23]
After a week-long stay in a mental health hospital helped her get sober from drugs and alcohol, [24] she released her fifth studio solo album, Engine of Hell , in November 2021, [25] to positive critical reception. [26] A live recording of Engine of Hell, titled Live At Roadburn, which she performed at the 2022's Roadburn Festival was released separately on July 7, 2023. It was her first independently released album in thirteen years. [27]
On April 8, 2022, she announced a follow-up album to her first album, Electric Guitar: One, titled EG2: Dowsing Voice. Despite the name, the album is a departure from her first album and the rest of her discography, Rundle described it as a "weird art project". Inspired by her stay in coastal Wales in the winter of 2020; where she also recorded the album. it features fully improvised music with special attention towards experimental vocals that are devoid of conventional lyrics. It was released on May 13, 2022. [28] [29]
Rundle struggled with drug addiction from the age of 12. [30]
She was married to Jaye Jayle co-founder Evan Patterson. They lived in Louisville, Kentucky. Their divorce was finalized in August 2021. [31] [32]
Red Sparowes is an American, Los Angeles-based post-rock band, comprising current and former members of Isis, Marriages, The Nocturnes, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.
Church of Misery is a Japanese doom metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1995. Church of Misery's musical style melds early Black Sabbath-style doom with psychedelic rock; most of the band's songs are about serial killers and mass murderers.
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Sargent House is an American management company and record label based in Los Angeles. It was founded in June 2006 by Cathy Pellow, who is a music video commissioner for Atlantic Records and also owns a music video production company called Refused TV. Pellow began managing the rock outfit RX Bandits in 2006. The band needed to release its new album ...And the Battle Begun, so Pellow decided to launch her own record label. From that point onward, Pellow continued to manage bands and release records, all under the Sargent House banner.
The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer is the third studio album by post-rock band Red Sparowes, released April 6, 2010.
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Julie Christmas is an American musician from Brooklyn, New York. Christmas is her legal middle name; she was named so after the fact that she was born on Christmas day. She is the former lead singer of defunct Brooklyn-based noise rock band Made Out of Babies and the former lead singer of defunct post-metal supergroup Battle of Mice. In 2010, she released a critically acclaimed solo album titled The Bad Wife, and in 2016, she became a featured member on the Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna's album Mariner.
Chelsea Joy Wolfe is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her work has blended elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music.
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Some Heavy Ocean is the first official studio album by American singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle, released on May 20, 2014 by Sargent House. Writing for the album took place between summer 2012 and 2013. The record was co-produced by Rundle and labelmate Chris Common, with recording completed at Sargent House's in-home studio. Rundle has named "Living With the Black Dog" as her favorite track on the record. The track "Oh Sarah" was said to be the first track written for the record.
Marriages was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 2011. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist and guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle, bassist Greg Burns and drummer Andrew Clinco.
Kitsune is the first EP from American rock band Marriages. It was released on May 1, 2012, by Sargent House. The EP title "Kitsune" is also the name for a fox spirit in Japanese folklore. The EP cover depicts a woman transforming into a fox spirit and back again.
Kristin Hayter is an American singer and pianist. From 2017 to 2023, she released music and performed under the name Lingua Ignota.
Brutus is a Belgian rock band from Leuven, formed in 2013. The trio consists of vocalist and drummer Stefanie Mannaerts, guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden and bassist Peter Mulders.
Black Dresses are a Canadian noise pop duo consisting of Ada Rook and Devi McCallion, formed in 2017. Their debut album, Wasteisolation, was released independently in 2018. The duo released three additional albums, Thank You (2019), Love and Affection for Stupid Little Bitches (2019), and Peaceful as Hell (2020), before breaking up in 2020 in response to harassment received by McCallion. Despite maintaining their declaration of disbandment in 2020, Black Dresses has released two additional albums, Forever in Your Heart (2021) and Forget Your Own Face (2022).
May Our Chambers Be Full is a collaborative studio album by American singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle and doom metal band Thou. It was released on October 30, 2020, through Sacred Bones Records as a part of the label's 'Alliance Series'. Recording sessions took place in August 2019 at Hightower Studios in New Orleans.
On Dark Horses is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle. It was released on September 14, 2018 through Sargent House. Recording sessions took place in March 2018 at La La Land in Louisville, Kentucky. Production was handled by Kevin Ratterman.
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Engine of Hell is the fifth solo album by Emma Ruth Rundle, released via the Sargent House label on November 5, 2021.
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