Emma Ruth Rundle

Rundle was born on October 10, 1983, in Santa Monica, California.{{cite web|title=Emma Ruth Rundle birth data|url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/emma_ruth_rundle_born_1983_16049997|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=January 3, 2025}} Her father is a pianist.{{cite web|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-emma-ruth-rundle-opens-up-about-stripped-down-new-record/|title=Interview: Emma Ruth Rundle Opens Up About Stripped Down New Record|last=Menagh|first=Douglas|website=New Noise Magazine|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024145750/https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-emma-ruth-rundle-opens-up-about-stripped-down-new-record/|archive-date=October 24, 2022}} She moved “back and forth between the Westside and Eastside” when she was growing up before attending Eagle Rock High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/emma-ruth-rundle-finds-herself-by-plunging-into-darkness/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Finds Herself by Plunging into Darkness|last=James|first=Falling|website=LA Weekly|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804175125/https://www.laweekly.com/emma-ruth-rundle-finds-herself-by-plunging-into-darkness/|archive-date=August 4, 2020}}

At age eight,{{cite web|url=https://echoesanddust.com/2014/05/interview-emma-ruth-rundle/|title=Interview: Emma Ruth Rundle | Echoes and Dust|last=Johnston|first=Phil|website=Echoes and Dust|date=May 2014|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604053124/http://echoesanddust.com/2014/05/interview-emma-ruth-rundle/|archive-date=June 4, 2014|url-status=live}} and 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, and later went on to work at McCabe's for 13 years.{{cite web|url=http://overblown.co.uk/emma-ruth-rundle-interview/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Interview: "I wanted to make a raw and honest album"|last=Coughlan|first=Jamie|website=Overblown|date=November 20, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122000837/http://overblown.co.uk/emma-ruth-rundle-interview/|archive-date=November 22, 2016}} She moved on to guitar when she was twelve years old and begin to write her own songs when she was thirteen years old. She was raised in Los Angeles with her younger sister Sarah in a household where a lot of folk music was played.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/emma-ruth-rundle-interview/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Cheats on Marriages|last=Karim|first=Alee|website=Noisey|date=May 19, 2014|access-date=2017-01-26}} As a teenager, Rundle lived with her grandmother until the end of her life.{{Cite web|last=Madden|first=Emma|date=2021-10-13|title=Emma Ruth Rundle's Return to Hell|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2163380/emma-ruth-rundle-engine-of-hell-interview/music/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Stereogum|language=en}}

She also started playing the piano under guidance of her father after abandoning the Celtic harp, which was her primary instrument up to her teenage years. But when she began playing in bands she realized that a keyboard sounded unacceptable on stage and couldn't replicate the sound of a real piano, and moving a keyboard proved too physically taxing for her, making it too cumbersome for her to use. So she decided to stick with a guitar from then on, and wouldn't reprioritize a piano until 2021's Engine of Hell. She spent a year at CalArts, where she studied music technology,{{Cite web|url=https://amazingradio.com/profile/danicharlton/tunes/230e8396-eb3e-11e3-b05e-6a388d2793c9|title=Dani Charlston - In Conversation with Emma Ruth Rundle|last=Charlton|first=Dani|website=Amazing Radio|date=2014-06-03|access-date=2023-03-21}} which included individual classes under the tutelage of Miroslav Tadić, before dropping out.{{cite web|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/interview-emma-ruth-rundle/|title=Evolving Moods and Music: An Interview with Emma Ruth Rundle|last=Lyndal Martin|first=Erin|website=She Shreds Magazine|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311174346/http://sheshredsmag.com/interview-emma-ruth-rundle/|archive-date=March 11, 2017}}

After staying a year in New Zealand, she returned to the United States and got back involved in the Los Angeles music scene. During that period she started her own band in 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.adequacy.net/2012/09/qa-with-emma-ruth-rundle-of-marriages/|title=Q&A with Emma Ruth Rundle of Marriages|last=Stratosphere|first=Jen|website=Adequacy|date=September 4, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052253/http://www.adequacy.net/2012/09/qa-with-emma-ruth-rundle-of-marriages/|archive-date=August 8, 2014}} the Nocturnes, and released the Wellington EP (2008) and two albums, A Year of Spring (2009) and Aokigahara (2011), with the latter released via Errant Child Records. The sound of the band was described as folkgaze with elements of chamber-pop, goth, and post-rock.{{cite web|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/guitarists/emma-ruth-rundle-my-naked-at-school-nightmare-is-showing-up-with-no-effects|title=Emma Ruth Rundle: My Naked-at-School Nightmare Is Showing up with No Effects|last=Villano|first=Freddy|website=Premier Guitar|date=June 14, 2021|access-date=December 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112001510/https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/guitarists/emma-ruth-rundle-my-naked-at-school-nightmare-is-showing-up-with-no-effects|archive-date=November 12, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-nocturnes-mn0002744430|title=The Nocturnes - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622085143/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-nocturnes-mn0002744430|archive-date=June 22, 2012}} Around this time, the post-rock band Red Sparowes announced in June 2009 that Rundle had joined the band as a guitarist,{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/red-sparowes-ge/|title=Red Sparowes get new guitarist, playing Fun Fun Fun Fest|website=BrooklynVegan|date=June 3, 2009|access-date=January 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107051536/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/red-sparowes-ge/|archive-date=January 7, 2018}} where she replaced Josh Graham, who had departed the band the previous year.{{cite web|url=https://crypticrock.com/interview-josh-graham-of-a-storm-of-light/|title=Interview – Josh Graham of A Storm Of Light|website=Cryptic Rock|date=October 14, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015160242/https://crypticrock.com/interview-josh-graham-of-a-storm-of-light/|archive-date=October 15, 2013}} She played on their third and final album, The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer, released by Sargent House on April 6, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/121520-red-sparowes-the-fear-is-excruciating-but-therein-lies-the-answer/|title=The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer|last=Corsa|first=Zach|work=PopMatters|access-date=April 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409143930/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/121520-red-sparowes-the-fear-is-excruciating-but-therein-lies-the-answer/|archive-date=April 9, 2010}} Tool and Melvins producer Toshi Kasai was credited with the production on the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/121520-red-sparowes-the-fear-is-excruciating-but-therein-lies-the-answer-2496171628.html|title=Red Sparowes: The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer - Review|last=Corsa|first=Zach|website=PopMatters|date=April 6, 2010|access-date=January 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204181730/https://www.popmatters.com/121520-red-sparowes-the-fear-is-excruciating-but-therein-lies-the-answer-2496171628.html|archive-date=December 4, 2020}}

She self-released an ambient guitar album, Electric Guitar: One, in 2011. It was later reissued in 2014 by Errant Child Recordings. That same year, she formed the trio Marriages with her fellow Red Sparowes bandmates Greg Burns and Dave Clifford,{{cite web|url=http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2013/interview-greg-burns-of-marriages/|title=Interview: Greg Burns of Marriages|last=Anderl|first=Timothy|website=Ghettoblaster Magazine|date=February 22, 2013|access-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021184154/https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/special-report/interview-greg-burns-of-marriages/|archive-date=October 21, 2020}} for the release of their first EP, 2012's Kitsune.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1730692/marriages-skin-stereogum-premiere/news/|title=Marriages – "Skin" (Stereogum Premiere)|last=Nelson|first=Michael|website=Stereogum|date=January 22, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108105528/https://www.stereogum.com/1730692/marriages-skin-stereogum-premiere/news/|archive-date=November 8, 2020}} Kitsune was created in a short timeframe during a brief offtime from Red Sparowes at the end of 2011, Kasai was the producer on the EP. It received generally favorable reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/kitsune/marriages|title=Kitsune – Marriages|website=Metacritic|accessdate=January 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808065200/http://www.metacritic.com/music/kitsune/marriages|archive-date=August 8, 2014}} Between releases Dave Clifford left the band and would be replaced by Andrew Clinco. This new formation released Marriages' only full-length album, Salome, in 2015.

On January 7, 2013, she independently released the album Somnambulant, attributed to The Headless Prince of Zolpidem,{{Cite web|url=https://theheadlessprinceofzolpidem.bandcamp.com/|title=somnambulant, by The Headless Prince of Zolpidem|website=The Headless Prince of Zolpidem}} which she described as "my somewhat anonymous downtempo, somewhat creepy electronic dark wave project". In an interview with Ghettoblaster Magazine she confirmed she was behind the semi-secret side project.{{Cite web|url=https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/uncategorized/from-the-horses-mouth-emma-ruth-rundle-on-some-heavy-ocean/|title=From The Horse's Mouth: Emma Ruth Rundle on Some Heavy Ocean|last=Anderl|first=Timothy|website=Ghettoblaster Magazine|date=April 3, 2014|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205175026/http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/from-the-horses-mouth-emma-ruth-rundle-on-some-heavy-ocean/|url-status=live}} She originally wanted to explore this project more and it existed before Marriages was formed, but it failed to find a sufficient audience and her very expensive synthesizer was stolen, which she was unable to replace it at the time. In a later interview she has shown a desire to revisit the sound.{{cite web|url=https://www.crash.fr/a-meeting-with-emma-ruth-rundle/|title=A meeting with Emma Ruth Rundle|last=Butterlin|first=Alice|website=Crash Magazine|date=December 18, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924050503/https://www.crash.fr/a-meeting-with-emma-ruth-rundle/|archive-date=September 24, 2020}}

Rundle's second solo work, Some Heavy Ocean, was released on May 20, 2014, by Sargent House.{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/emma-ruth-rundle-red-sparowes-goes-folky-shadows-m-204147|title=Emma Ruth Rundle of Red Sparowes goes folky on "Shadows of My Name"|publisher=The A.V. Club|author=Jason Heller|date=May 5, 2014|access-date=August 22, 2014}} Prior to release the album was available on Pitchfork Advance.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/advance/430-some-heavy-ocean/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle: Some Heavy Ocean|website=Pitchfork Advance|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515134843/http://pitchfork.com/advance/430-some-heavy-ocean/|archive-date=May 15, 2014}} 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. All of the material on the album was written between the summer of 2012 and 2013, but a significant amount of the arrangements and lyrics were only completed during the lengthy recording process. The title song for the album was previously a dark wave song called The Riches of Summer’s Death, meant for The Headless Prince Of Zolpidem. The release was accompanied by a US tour with King Buzzo.{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/06/emma_ruth_rundl.html|title=Emma Ruth Rundle touring w/ Melvins' King Buzzo, and Cave In's Stephen Brodsky / Fang Island's Jason Bartell (dates)|publisher=BrooklynVegan|author=Andrew Sacher|date=June 5, 2014|access-date=August 23, 2014}}

Rundle suffers from adenomyosis, which in part inspired the material on her third album, Marked for Death, produced by Sonny DiPerri.{{Cite news|url=http://musicandriots.com/under-her-skin-an-interview-with-emma-ruth-rundle/|title=Under Her Skin: An Interview With Emma Ruth Rundle|date=2016-10-15|newspaper=Musicandriots.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-15}} It was released in October 2016 on Sargent House.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/emma-ruth-rundle-marked-for-death-exclusive-album-stream-a7329466.html|title=Emma Ruth Rundle streams second solo album 'Marked For Death' in full|date=2016-09-25|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-15}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://clrvynt.com/emma-ruth-rundle-the-distance|title=Emma Ruth Rundle's Music Will Go 'The Distance'|website=Clrvynt.com|date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=2017-01-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.destroyexist.com/2017/01/emma-ruth-rundle-forever-as-setting-son.html|title=Emma Ruth Rundle: Forever, As The Setting Son / The Distance|website=Destroyexist.com|date=January 27, 2017 |access-date=2017-01-27}} The EP was released by Sargent House on February 24. Rundle also released the song "Forever, As the Setting Son" on January 20, 2017, the date of Donald Trump's inauguration as United States president, with all proceeds donated to Planned Parenthood.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-20 |title=Emma Ruth Rundle – “Forever, As The Setting Son” |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1920841/emma-ruth-rundle-forever-as-the-setting-son/music/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}

Rundle's fourth studio album, On Dark Horses, was released on September 14, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/on-dark-horses|title=On Dark Horses, by Emma Ruth Rundle|website=Emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com}} It featured contributions by Jaye Jayle members Evan Patterson and Todd Cook as well as Dylan Nadon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2003512/emma-ruth-rundle-on-dark-horses-fever-dreams/music/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle - "Fever Dreams"|website=Stereogum.com|date=June 26, 2018}} Also in 2018, Rundle provided backing vocals for "Just Breathe", a song on American rock band Thrice's 2018 album Palms.{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |title=Thrice talk new album 'Palms' in BV interview, share "The Grey" video |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/thrice-talk-new-album-palms-in-bv-interview-share-the-grey-video/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=BrooklynVegan |date=July 10, 2018 |language=en}}

Rundle attended the 2019's Roadburn Festival, where she and the artist in residence at time, the sludge metal band Thou, would team up and perform a couple of new songs they had written for a special set list, with the intention of releasing a collaboration album at a future date. This album was first set in motion when they shared a dressing room at Seattle’s Northwest Terror Fest in 2018, realizing the potential cooperation. Both artists would find value in their partnership, having been longtime admirers of each other's previous work; Rundle admitted in an interview with Guitar World that in 2015 she became obsessed with the band and felt that they had "mutual awareness". Rundle found the partnership fruitful, allowing her to add more heft and broaden the use of the instrumentals compared to her solo releases. All the songs on the project took over a painstaking year to come together, while the recording itself only took three days.{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/emma-ruth-rundle-thou-interview|title=Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou detail the "arduous and long process" that led to their dark collaborative masterpieces|last=Schwarten|first=Chris|website=Guitar World|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219205047/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/emma-ruth-rundle-thou-interview|archive-date=February 19, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-emma-ruth-rundle-and-thou-made-2020s-strangest-and-best-collaboration|title=How Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou made 2020’s strangest and best collaboration|last=Damara Kelly|first=Tyler|website=Louder Sound|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222180018/https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-emma-ruth-rundle-and-thou-made-2020s-strangest-and-best-collaboration|archive-date=December 22, 2020}} In October 2020, their collaboration album, May Our Chambers Be Full, was released.{{cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/thou-emma-ruth-rundle-announce-collaborative-album-may-our-chambers-be-full/|title=Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle announce collaborative album ‘May Our Chambers Be Full’|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|date=August 19, 2020|access-date=June 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117094108/https://distortedsoundmag.com/thou-emma-ruth-rundle-announce-collaborative-album-may-our-chambers-be-full/|archive-date=January 17, 2021}} A surprise follow-up EP called The Helm of Sorrow included a cover of the Cranberries song "Hollywood". It consisted of four B-sides from May Our Chambers Be Full that were originally included on the “diehard” edition of the original release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/thou-emma-ruth-rundle-announce-new-ep-the-helm-of-sorrow/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou announce new EP, The Helm Of Sorrow|last=Carter|first=Emily|website=Kerrang!|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121072303/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/thou-emma-ruth-rundle-announce-new-ep-the-helm-of-sorrow/|archive-date=21 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2020/12/emma-ruth-rundle-thou-new-ep-song-hollywood/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou Announce New EP, Cover the Cranberries’ “Hollywood”: Stream|last=Hodusek|first=Jon|website=Consequence|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025083428/https://consequence.net/2020/12/emma-ruth-rundle-thou-new-ep-song-hollywood/|archive-date=October 25, 2021}}

In August 2019, Roadburn Festival announced that Rundle was one of two curators for the 2020 edition,{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/emma-ruth-rundle-perturbator-curate-roadburn-2020/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle, Perturbator to Curate Roadburn 2020|publisher=Revolver Magazine|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820233317/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/emma-ruth-rundle-perturbator-curate-roadburn-2020|archive-date=August 20, 2019|url-status=live}} alongside a scheduled reunion concert for the Red Sparowes following a ten-year long hiatus,{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/red-sparowes-reuniting-playing-roadburn/|title=Red Sparowes reuniting, playing Roadburn|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|website=BrooklynVegan|date=September 24, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005074002/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/red-sparowes-reuniting-playing-roadburn/|archive-date=October 5, 2019}} but the whole planned event was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ghostcultmag.com/roadburn-2020-officially-canceled-next-years-festival-announced/|title=Roadburn 2020 Officially Canceled, Next Year's Festival Announced|website=Ghost Cult Magazine|date=April 3, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2024}} On July 3 2020, she released a standalone single named, Staying Power, which she originally recorded during the On Dark Horses studio sessions. The song details the experiences from a touring musician trying to survive and keeping in touch with her own feelings.{{cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/07/01/news/emma-ruth-rundle-releases-gripping-new-song-staying-power-from-on-dark-horses-studio-sessions/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Releases Gripping New Song “Staying Power” from On Dark Horses Studio Sessions|last=Grech|first=Aaron|website=mxdwn|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215013731/https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/07/01/news/emma-ruth-rundle-releases-gripping-new-song-staying-power-from-on-dark-horses-studio-sessions/|archive-date=December 15, 2024}} She made her debut as a feature film composer with the Riley Stearns film Dual. She was first approached by Stearns around the time of On Dark Horses and would score his short 2020's The Blanket as precursor while spending her time that year mostly at home.{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dual-movie-emma-ruth-rundle-interview-music-composer-score/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Talks the Self-Reflection and Freedom of Composing the Score to Dual|last=Cavanaugh|first=Patrick|website=ComicBook.com|date=April 13, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414125941/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dual-movie-emma-ruth-rundle-interview-music-composer-score/|archive-date=April 14, 2022}}

After a week-long stay in a mental health hospital helped her get sober from drugs and alcohol,{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/hell-and-back-how-emma-ruth-rundle-saved-herself/|title=To Hell and Back: How Emma Ruth Rundle Saved Herself|last=Ruskell|first=Nick|website=Kerrang!|date=November 5, 2021|access-date=August 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207215059/https://www.kerrang.com/hell-and-back-how-emma-ruth-rundle-saved-herself|archive-date=December 7, 2021}} she released her fifth studio solo album, Engine of Hell, in November 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-new-album-engine-of-hell|title=Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album, Engine Of Hell|last=Morton|first=Luke|website=Kerrang!|date=September 10, 2021|access-date=August 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323185231/https://www.kerrang.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-new-album-engine-of-hell|archive-date=March 23, 2022|url-status=live}} to positive critical reception.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/engine-of-hell/emma-ruth-rundle|title=Engine of Hell - Metacritic|website=Metacritic|access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119174235/https://www.metacritic.com/music/engine-of-hell/emma-ruth-rundle|archive-date=November 19, 2021|url-status=live}} She later released an EP called Orpheus Looking Back, consisting of three songs that she made during the Engine of Hell recording sessions that didn't make the cut. The first song, "Pump Organ Song", which she created in response to the dissolution of her marriage, was published as a single ahead of its March 25, 2022 release.{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/103368/listen-emma-ruth-rundle-pump-organ-song/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Announces Orpheus Looking Back EP with “Pump Organ Song”|last=Farrell|first=Margaret|website=Flood Magazine|date=March 3, 2022|access-date=June 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303183146/https://floodmagazine.com/103368/listen-emma-ruth-rundle-pump-organ-song/|archive-date=March 3, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/03/25/emma-ruth-rundle-orpheus-looking-back-ep|title=Emma Ruth Rundle shares Orpheus Looking Back EP|last=March 25, 2022|first=Helfand|website=The Fader|date=March 25, 2022|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421200353/https://www.thefader.com/2022/03/25/emma-ruth-rundle-orpheus-looking-back-ep|archive-date=April 21, 2022}} In support of Engine of Hell and Orpheus Looking Back, she embarked on a short 2023 Spring North American tour, which took place from March 24 and ended at Le Poisson Rouge on April 9.{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-2023-north-american-tour-releases-mini-documentary/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle announces 2023 North American tour & releases mini documentary|last=Geiger|first=Amy|website=BrooklynVegan|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024161326/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-2023-north-american-tour-releases-mini-documentary/|archive-date=October 24, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2022/10/emma-ruth-rundle-spring-2023-north-american-tour/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle Announces Spring 2023 North American Tour, Shares Documentary: Stream|last=Hadusek|first=Jon|website=Consequence|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102140347/https://consequence.net/2022/10/emma-ruth-rundle-spring-2023-north-american-tour/|archive-date=November 2, 2022}} A live recording of Engine of Hell, titled Live At Roadburn, which she performed at 2022's Roadburn Festival, was released separately on July 7, 2023. It was her first independently released album in thirteen years.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-live-album-from-roadburn-2022|title=Emma Ruth Rundle to release live album from Roadburn 2022|last=Carter|first=Emily|website=Kerrang!|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=August 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514025826/https://www.kerrang.com/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-live-album-from-roadburn-2022|archive-date=May 14, 2023|url-status=live}}

On April 8, 2022, she announced a follow-up to her first album, Electric Guitar: One, titled EG2: Dowsing Voice. Despite the name, the album is a departure from her first 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 on experimental vocals that are devoid of conventional lyrics. It was released on May 13, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2182838/emma-ruth-rundle-eg-2-dowsing-voice/music/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle – "Imbolc Dawn Atop Ynys Wydryn. Ice Melts As The First Resplendent Rays Of Spring Pour Over The Horizon"|last=Leas|first=Ryan|website=Stereogum|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408180916/https://www.stereogum.com/2182838/emma-ruth-rundle-eg-2-dowsing-voice/music/|archive-date=April 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-new-lp-eg2-dowsing-voice-stream-a-track/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle announces new LP 'EG2: Dowsing Voice'|last=Pearis|first=Bill|website=BrooklynVegan|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408153401/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-new-lp-eg2-dowsing-voice-stream-a-track/|archive-date=April 8, 2022}}

In March 2024, Rundle collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Patrick Shiroishi on a track called "A Sparrow In A Swallow’s Nest". In the song Rundle recites her poem “Paloma” while Shiroishi provides the instrumentals. It was released as the A-side on a 7" single by Shiroishi via Sub Pop on April 12.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2257366/patrick-shiroishi-a-sparrow-in-a-swallows-nest-feat-emma-ruth-rundle/music/|title=Patrick Shiroishi – “A Sparrow In A Swallow’s Nest” (Feat. Emma Ruth Rundle)|last=Breihan|first=Tom|website=Stereogum|date=March 28, 2024|access-date=May 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328181410/https://www.stereogum.com/2257366/patrick-shiroishi-a-sparrow-in-a-swallows-nest-feat-emma-ruth-rundle/music/|archive-date=March 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://ourculturemag.com/2024/03/28/patrick-shiroishi-collaborates-with-emma-ruth-rundle-for-new-song-a-sparrow-in-a-swallows-nest/|title=Patrick Shiroishi Collaborates With Emma Ruth Rundle on New Song ‘A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest’|last=Pappas|first=Konstantinos|website=Our Culture Mag|date=March 28, 2024|access-date=May 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401080554/https://ourculturemag.com/2024/03/28/patrick-shiroishi-collaborates-with-emma-ruth-rundle-for-new-song-a-sparrow-in-a-swallows-nest/|archive-date=April 1, 2024}} On the 10th anniversary of her second album, Some Heavy Ocean, she would return to Europe on a tour in August to celebrate the record including a concert at the Supersonic Festival.{{cite web|url=https://echoesanddust.com/2024/09/emma-ruth-rundle-bush-hall-london/|title=(((O))) Live: Emma Ruth Rundle – Bush Hall, London|website=Echoes and Dust|date=September 12, 2024|access-date=January 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213144312/https://echoesanddust.com/2024/09/emma-ruth-rundle-bush-hall-london/|archive-date=December 13, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/supersonic-festival-share-new-names-for-2024-edition/|title=Supersonic Festival Share New Names For 2024 Edition|last=Robb|first=John|website=Louder Than War|date=May 7, 2024|access-date=June 27, 2024}} In August, she announced a fall US tour with Ora Cogan and Storefront Church as the openers. The tour started in late October and ran through December.{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-us-tour-with-storefront-church-ora-cogan/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle announces US tour with Storefront Church & Ora Cogan|last=Hatfield|first=Amanda|website=Brooklyn Vegan|date=August 7, 2024|access-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807222810/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/emma-ruth-rundle-announces-us-tour-with-storefront-church-ora-cogan/|archive-date=August 7, 2024}}

Rundle made her literary debut with a collection of poems that was released by Unnamed Press in 2025. The poems were written during her travels over the course of a year. Accompanying the book she will release a limited-edition album that includes piano sketches, which were inspired by Harold Budd, who was major influence on the project.{{cite web|url=https://ghostcultmag.com/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-poetry-book-the-bella-vista/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle to Release Poetry Book “The Bella Vista”|last=|first=|website=Ghost Cult Magazine|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924192943/https://ghostcultmag.com/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-poetry-book-the-bella-vista/|archive-date=September 24, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/83845/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-book-of-poetry|title=Emma Ruth Rundle to release book of poetry|last=Moore|first=Em|website=Punknews|date=September 25, 2024|access-date=December 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925193138/https://www.punknews.org/article/83845/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-book-of-poetry|archive-date=September 25, 2024}}

Rundle struggled with drug addiction from the age of 12.{{Cite web|last=Solomon|first=Rosie|date=2021-11-09|title=Musician Emma Ruth Rundle: 'What I have to offer is the ugliness of things'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/09/musician-emma-ruth-rundle-what-i-have-to-offer-is-the-ugliness-of-things|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Guardian|language=en}}

She was married to Jaye Jayle co-founder Evan Patterson. They lived in Louisville, Kentucky. Their divorce was finalized in August 2021.{{Cite web |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=2021-09-09 |title=Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album Engine of Hell, unveils video for "Return": Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2021/09/emma-ruth-rundle-new-album-engine-of-hell/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}{{Cite tweet |user=emmaruthrundle |number=1422446261324550144 |title=After 9 months of waiting, I am legally an unmarried person and am no longer "associated" with any "acts." Let it be known.|date=August 3, 2021}}

She is a fan of anime.{{Cite web|url=https://sargenthouse.com/blogs/err-tumblr/posts/emma-ruth-rundle-what-s-in-my-bag-amoeba-music/|title=Emma Ruth Rundle – What's In My Bag?|date=March 25, 2019}}

• Electric Guitar: One (2011, Independent)
• Some Heavy Ocean (2014, Sargent House)
• Marked For Death (2016, Sargent House)
• The Time Between Us EP Split With Jaye Jayle (2017, Sargent House)
• On Dark Horses (2018, Sargent House)
• May Our Chambers Be Full / The Helm Of Sorrow Collaborative Album With Thou (2020, Sacred Bones)
• Engine of Hell (2021, Sargent House)
• Orpheus Looking Back EP (2022, Sargent House)
• EG2: Dowsing Voice (2022, Sargent House)

• Live at Roadburn (2023, Independent)

• Wellington EP (2008, Independent)
• A Year of Spring (2009, Independent)
• Aokigahara (2011, The Errant Child)

• The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer (2010, Sargent House)

• Kitsune EP (2012, Sargent House)
• Salome (2015, Sargent House)

• Somnambulant (2013, Self-released)

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