Photo by Gus Black
Emma Ruth Rundle is about to release her sophomore solo record Marked For Death. The record is being released via Sargent House on September 30th. Known for an amorphous vocal presence and envisioning an ambient atmosphere in her music, Rundle tackles melancholic topics to discuss as well. Today the singer has released a music video for “Real Big Sky” and attached the dark meaning into an epic video detailing an emotional ballad from a singer on the edge of death’s embrace. The gritty guitar work is overshadowed by the powerful emergence of Rundle’s vocals, creating a pulsing emotion that sheds skin in the near defeat.
Marked For Death will be released on September 30th on Sargent House. The album mines feelings of loss, defeat, heartache and self-destructiveness and emerges as Emma Ruth Rundle’s most honest and compelling accomplishment to date. The album finds her emerging as a performer of naked intensity; she shapes vast, evocative landscapes of sound, combining them with lyrics of devastating candor. Self-determination and resiliency, disguised in this case as coming to terms with overwhelming defeat, are key aspects of her personality. Transforming pain into works of great beauty makes her the compelling artist she is. A more adventurous production than her solo debut Some Heavy Ocean (2014, Sargent House), the eight compositions on Marked for Death, helmed by engineer/co-producer Sonny DiPerri, emphasize dynamics and vocal melodies, variable tuning, and a dense layering and texturing of guitars. Nevertheless, fear and self-doubt linger in the shadows of Rundle’s mind, providing an incessant counterpoint to her ambitious talent and sultry, albeit de-emphasized, allure.
Pre-Order Marked For Death here
