Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album ‘Engine Of Hell’
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE has announced a new album!
Titled Engine Of Hell, the upcoming album from the American singer-songwriter is the follow-up to 2018’s On Dark Horses and 2020’s collaborative album with THOU, May Our Chambers Be Full, and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Sargent House.
Speaking about the upcoming album, she says, “Here are some very personal songs; here are my memories; here is me teetering on the very edge of sanity dipping my toe into the outer reaches of space and I’m taking you with me and it’s very fucked up and imperfect. For me this album is the end of an era to the end of a decade of making records. Things DO have to change and have changed for me since I finished recording it.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, RUNDLE has released a new music video for the first song lifted from the upcoming album; Return. The new music video was directed by RUNDLE herself. The visual was heavily inspired by Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus and Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire, and gives nods to other films and images.
Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, she says, “an examination of the existential. A fractured poem. Trying to quantify what something is definitely about or pontificating on its concrete meaning defeats the purpose of art making. I’m not a writer. I make music and images to express things that my words cannot convey or emote. I’ve been studying ballet and the practice of expression through movement, which I incorporated into the video. I choreographed a dance to the song – some of which you see. Pieces show through. Since completing Engine of Hell, I’ve stepped away from music more and more and into things like dance, painting and working on ideas for videos or little films. Return is the result of the efforts.”
Watch the official music video for Return here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Return
2. Blooms of Oblivion
3. Body
4. The Company
5. Dancing Man
6. Razor’s Edge
7. Citadel
8. In My Afterlife
Engine Of Hell is set for release on November 5th via Sargent House. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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