Emma Ruth Rundle (born October 10, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, visual artist and poet based in Portland, Oregon.

[3] At age eight,[3][5] 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.

That same year, she formed the trio Marriages with her fellow Red Sparowes bandmates Greg Burns and Dave Clifford,[18] for the release of their first EP, 2012's Kitsune.

[19] On January 7, 2013, she independently released the album Somnambulant, attributed to The Headless Prince of Zolpidem,[21] which she described as "my somewhat anonymous downtempo, somewhat creepy electronic dark wave project".

[22] 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.

[28] 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.

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.

[34] 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 brand-new songs they had written for a special setlist, with the intention of releasing a collaboration album at a future date.

Both artists would find value in their partnership having been long-time admirers of each others previous work, Rundle admitted in an interview with Guitar World that she in 2015 became obsessed with the band and felt that they had "mutual awareness".

[38][39] In August 2019, Roadburn Festival announced that Rundle was one of two curators for the 2020 edition,[40] alongside a scheduled reunion concert for the Red Sparowes following a ten-year long hiatus,[41] but the whole planned event was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[44] After a week-long stay in a mental health hospital helped her get sober from drugs and alcohol,[45] she released her fifth studio solo album, Engine of Hell, in November 2021,[46] to positive critical reception.

[47] She would later release a new EP called Orpheus Looking Back, consisting of three songs that she made during Engine of Hell recording sessions but didn't make the cut.

The first song named 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 date.

[48][49] 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 24th and ended at the Le Poisson Rouge on April 9th.

[55][56] 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.

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.