Emma Ruth Rundle.
The singer and guitarist for California post-rock/psych-metal outfit Marriages , a member of Isis -connected post-rockers Red Sparowes , and frontwoman for atmospheric psych-folk/slowcore collective Nocturnes , singer/songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist Emma Ruth Rundle is also an accomplished solo artist, whose evocative gothic folk recalls contemporaries like Chelsea Wolfe and Esben and the Witch . Raised in Los Angeles and based out of Louisville, Kentucky, Rundle issued a collection of ambient, experimental guitar compositions through Bandcamp before releasing a proper solo album. The resulting Some Heavy Ocean , an evocative and cathartic set of Mazzy Star -meets- Swans space/post-folk-rock that was written and recorded at the home studio of Sargent House, the Echo Park-based indie label responsible for issuing Marriages ' 2012 debut Kitsune , was released in May 2014. After the 2015 release of Marriages ' Salome , Rundle issued her broodi