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Hey Emma Ruth Rundle fans: Emma is releasing the Some Heavy Demos album on Bandcamp this Friday! It was previously limited vinyl-only but she's raising $ for her upcoming album. I had snagged it on vinyl and would recommend grabbing this, particularly if you need a good cry.

https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/some-heavy-demos

#EmmaRuthRundle

I grew up with a slew of friends who dabbled in the visual arts throughout the years. One in particular blew me away by stating that the greatest artists aren’t the masters of their trade in every aspect, but rather they know what they don’t have, or rather don’t need, to make a sizable impact. You don’t need to own the most expensive paint set, a wide array of colors at your disposal, or to fill up the canvas with stuff. You have to just create your vision with what you have, and let the negative space do the work for you. Swedish duo Moon Mother knows this. On their second full-length, Meadowlands, they paint a lush, aural landscape teeming with anguish, grief, and trauma, while also crafting a sense of wonder, peace, and a smidge of hope.

You probably scrolled down to the tags section and decided to nope out in record time, especially at the sight of the “Not Metal” tag, and that’s entirely your loss. What guitarist Patriec Ahlström and vocalist Sara Mehner crafted in Meadowlands is nothing short of breathtaking, and their usage of negative space to allow for Ahlström’s melodies and gentle strums to reverberate and roll through the sleepy landscape they’ve crafted. “Wilderness,” with its finger-plucked strings and gentle electric guitar hums, is a class example of what you can build with only what you’ve got. It’s not the high production values or expensive instruments that carry you through. Rather, it’s knowing what to say, how to say it, and when not to say anything at all.

And Mehner’s angelic voice is the perfect complimentary component. Whether it’s her powerful howling (opener “High Houses”), somber melodies (closer “Windhover”), or her achingly beautiful near-yodels (“Wilderness”, the awesome “Be a Forest, Child!”), Mehner’s ability to wring out the most emotion out of a song or melody rivals that of Chelsea Wolfe or Emma Ruth Rundle in terms of performance and power. The way her gentle wailing closes out the title track stirs up so many raw emotions that will have you feeling both heartbreak and catharsis, no matter how it manifests within you. Singling out certain moments on Meadowlands proved difficult because, in reality, her standout performance, coupled with Ahlström’s musical backdrop, is best enjoyed in a single, uninterrupted, and fully focused listening experience.

If there was a bone to pick with Meadowlands, it’s in the production, and even then, it’s not a dealbreaker. Meadowlands is drenched in reverb, and I mean drenched in reverb. Coupled with the compressed mix, it makes it a bit busy, especially during the second half of “High Houses.” That, and the album is loaded with cathartic moments in the album’s second half, almost to the point of being overwhelmingly so. But the last time I’ve been hit this hard, this potently, by a doom/folk hybrid was with Darkher’s debut album. That is some absolutely stellar company to be with, and Meadowlands connects viscerally on that level.

Sure, I know what the name of the website is, and Meadowlands is a colossal anomaly in that aspect. And yes, I’m sure my colleagues will give me a reasonable (re: absurdly high) amount of shit for giving it the score it’s getting, but Moon Mother crafted an album that’s simultaneously the perfect album to purge your emotions, and an album you can use as a backdrop for a dew-filled foggy morning with a mug of your favorite heated beverage of choice. In creating an album to signify grief and hope, they gained my attention and my adoration. Give it your time, and it most certainly will do the same for you.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format: WAV
Label: Independent/Self-Release
Websites: Official | Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: February 6th, 2026

I repeat myself but I really love this collaboration from #Thou and #EmmaRuthRundle! :blobcathearthug:

https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/may-our-chambers-be-full

#radio27 #music #Doom #Sludge #PostMetal #MetalPunk

#MusicWomenWednesday

#EmmaRuthRundle & #Thou ‘s heavy af cover of #Hollywood by #TheCranberries

Track 33 of my #witchdoom playlist

https://thou.bandcamp.com/track/hollywood

Emma Ruth Rundle, Live Session on Highway Holidays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXCjEKpwtRc

#EmmaRuthRundle #Music #LiveMusic #HighwayHolidaysTv

#JayJayle: After Alter

https://album.link/jfqxm7csmd8cc

#Experimental #NeoFolk

FFO #ChelseaWolfe #EmmaRuthRundle #SteveVonTill

Emma Ruth Rundle to release book of poetry

https://www.punknews.org/article/83845/emma-ruth-rundle-to-release-book-of-poetry

#music #books #poetry #EmmaRuthRundle

Here’s a clip of Emma Ruth Rundle. She played the whole of her first album in full. I was unfamiliar with her, but will definitely listen to her recordings in future. This clip was giving me Nirvana unplugged vibes.
#EmmaRuthRundle

I’m currently watching Emma Ruth Rundle play live at Supersonic Festival. She’s got a gorgeous voice, ethereal and even grungy at times.

#LiveMusic
#SupersonicFestival #EmmaRuthRundle #BirminghamUK

19. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses (2018)

This is the second in my list's (un)holy trilogy of albums from 3 amazing women. ERR's solo music isn't metal (it's mostly really sad), but ERR herself is metal adjacent. @MetalheadDana and me starting listening to her solely because she had picked a YOB album for her "What's In My Bag" Amoeba video (which we saw a year after this album came out) and she's been blasted in our house ever since.

#20AlbumCovers #EmmaRuthRundle #20albums20days

Listening to the vinyl-only "Some Heavy Demos" from Emma Ruth Rundle (the demos for "Some Heavy Ocean", plus some previously unreleased songs). :ablobjam: 🤯 :ablobcatcry:

https://www.discogs.com/master/3530150-Emma-Ruth-Rundle-Some-Heavy-Demos

#EmmaRuthRundle

Day 181 / 366 "ENGINE OF HELL" 🎹 🇺🇸

#emmaruthrundle #artist #engineofhell #tour #folk #ambient #postrock #live #music #concertphotography #bw #photooftheday #vscodaily

[MAJ] Motocultor 2024 : le running order définitif et une dernière grosse surprise à l’affiche https://www.lagrosseradio.com/webzine-metal/p162974-motocultor-2024-de-nouveaux-noms-a-laffiche/ #emmaruthrundle #infectedrain #webzinemetal #architects #motocultor #actumetal #avantasia #kvelertak #meshuggah #bobvylan #festival #clutch #igorrr #jinjer #myrkur #t:2024 #metal #opeth

BLOCK THE FUZZ

Μετά τη χθεσινή συναυλία της Emma Ruth Rundle, άφησα το παρακάτω σχόλιο στη Facebook σελίδα της διοργανώτριας εταιρίας Smoke the Fuzz, το οποίο όχι μόνο διεγράφη μέσα σε λίγα λεπτά, αλλά έγινα και άμεσα block από τη σελίδα της. Τόσο δεκτική στην κριτική η εταιρία, από έναν πελάτη που έχει αγοράσει εισιτήρια για πάνω από τις μισές συναυλίες της.

Μια απλή υπενθύμιση ότι οι διοργανώτριες εταιρίες συναυλιών και promoters (ειδικότερα αυτές που το φοράνε τη μάσκα των fans), είναι απλά αυταρχικά αφεντικά, που εξουσιάζουν και σε εκμεταλλεύονται.

#SmokeTheFuzz #EmmaRuthRundle

For #SlowSunday:

Steve Von Till: The Old Straight Track

https://song.link/cx3zccz7nmgg7

FFO #EmmaRuthRundle #JayeJayle #WovenHand

Now that I've finally listened to #KateBush's The Dreaming (courtesy of #1001OtherAlbums), I would very much like if #EmmaRuthRundle could cover something off that album. kthxbye.

https://youtu.be/2wpKP72YE0s

For #SlowSunday:

Harvestman: Give Your Heart to the Hawk

https://song.link/i/1739092852

FFO #BarnOwl #EmmaRuthRundle #Grails

Day 079 / 366 "EMMA RUTH RUNDLE" 🎹 🇺🇸

#emmaruthrundle #artist #engineofhell #tour #folk #ambient #postrock #live #music #concert #photography #bw #photooftheday #vscodaily

In all of this, I'm really enjoying Emma Ruth Rundle discography.

I really love her "post-something" attitude.

#Music #MastodonMusic #EmmaRuthRundle

Album of the day! #vinyl #emmaruthrundle #nowplaying

And #EmmaRuthRundle seeing out the evening. #music

And #PatrickShiroishi to start the evening here at the #SwedishAmericanHall with #EmmaRuthRundle to follow… #music