Singer/songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle has been quite busy since the release of her stunning debut solo album Some Heavy Ocean in May of last year. She's toured the US and Europe several times on her own, as well as alongside her band Marriages, who recently released their sophomore effort Salome to great critical acclaim. Now, Emma Ruth Rundle will embark on a North American tour as a special guest to Alcest for four weeks in September and October - check out the tour routing below.
 
Emma Ruth Rundle started performing her work in 2007 and the following year, she was drafted into the monolithic post-rock supergroup Red Sparowes. Touring the world playing the Sparowes’ epic brand of instrumental heaviosity sparked a fruitful musical connection with fellow Sparowes guitarist Greg Burns. When that band commenced a well-deserved hiatus in 2011, she and Burns (on the invitation of Russian Circles), instigated a new group, Marriages, who released a stunning debut mini-album, Kitsune. Meanwhile, Rundle and friends reconvened briefly in 2011, while solo she recorded an album of experimental guitar compositions. What followed was a “dark, difficult time”, and with that, in May of 2014 Some Heavy Ocean was released on Sargent House.
 
This past April, Emma Ruth Rundle and her band Marriages released Salome, a 9-song monolith. Propulsive, frequently iridescent, the compositions on Salome are confident and evocative, the sound of a band focusing their strengths to great effect. Throwing open the curtains on not only their sound but on their songwriting as well, Emma Ruth Rundle alongside members Burns and new drummer Andrew Clinco seem perfectly at ease scaling anthemic peaks and heartbreaking valleys, often in a single composition. Salome finds Marriages fully embracing their skill at crafting timeless songs with chillingly epic results. Marriages just completed a full US headlining tour, and prior to that, a European tour where they received rave reviews from performances at Roadburn Festival as well as the following three weeks as support to Wovenhand.

Alcest tour dates:

September
19 - Mexico City, Mexico - Billar Billy’s
21 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
22 - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
23 - Montreal, QC - L’Alize
24 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
25 - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck Bar
26 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
28 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
30 - Boise, ID - Neurolux

October
1 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
2 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile
3 - Portland, OR - Dante’s
6 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent
8 - Mesa, AZ - Club Red
9 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
10 - Dallas, TX - Sons Of Hermann Hall
11 - Austin, TX - Red 7
13 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
14 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
15 - Raleigh, NC - King’s Barcade
16 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s

(Photo - Greg Burns)