{"id":3986,"date":"2014-06-13T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2014-06-13T13:48:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T20:48:32","slug":"emma-ruth-rundle-plays-in-store-gig-at-amoeba-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2014\/06\/13\/emma-ruth-rundle-plays-in-store-gig-at-amoeba-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Ruth Rundle Plays In-Store Gig At Amoeba Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review & photos by Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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June 12th 2014, Amoeba Music, Hollywood CA: <\/strong>Primarily known as a member of rock groups Red Sparowes and Marriages, Los Angeles-based singer\/songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle has started her own solo career, and released her debut album ‘Some Heavy Ocean’ via Sargent House on May 20th. While she prepares to embark on a run of US dates in support of King Buzzo, who played a fantastic LA show himself the night before at the Echo (check out my coverage of that show here<\/a><\/strong>), Emma Ruth Rundle did a short 30-minute free in-store performance at Amoeba Music in the heart of Hollywood yesterday evening. Having witnessed her musical talents in Marriages a couple of times in the recent past, I was looking forward to seeing how she handles herself as a solo performer.<\/p>\n

She presented material from ‘Some Heavy Ocean’ along with a couple of other tunes. Despite the album being out and about for a good three weeks now, this was my very first listen of any and all of its tunes. She started the set here with ‘Shadows Of My Name’ off of this album, a song that’s still stuck in my head as a result of its eerie atmospheres and expressive vocals, and this is in spite of the fact that I attended a whole another concert last night immediately after this gig. As she progressed through the set, song by song she succeeded in drawing more and more people at the store nearer to the stage, including many that were here merely to shop and were completely unaware of the gig prior to its start.<\/p>\n

To go along with greatly emotive vocals that captured this audience’s imagination, Emma produced exquisite sounds through her acoustic guitars and an array of effects on her pedalboard, specially from the third song onwards when the guitar volume was cranked up. The overall sound quality on this Amoeba stage was sufficient and apt to assist Emma bring her tunes to life.<\/p>\n

For those familiar with the bands she’s played in, this gig presented her in a very different light, and it was a true exhibition of her as a singer, songwriter and performer. There is no greater test for a musician than as a solo act, for there is nothing to hide behind, and Emma Ruth Rundle certainly excels in this newfound aspect of her musicianship. ‘Some Heavy Ocean’ is, by all means, a fine slab of folky acoustic guitar-driven psychedelic rock, both in its studio-recorded form, and based on this performance, in the live setting as well.<\/p>\n

Check out more photos of Emma Ruth Rundle from the gig below, or view them here<\/a> if you’re on a non-Flash device:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emma Ruth Rundle links:<\/strong>
\nEmmaRuthRundle.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/EmmaRuthRundle<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/EmmaRuthRundle<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/EmmaRuthRundle<\/a><\/strong>
\nEmmaRuthRundle.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emma Ruth Rundle on tour:<\/strong>
\nJun 25 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
\nJun 28 –\u00a0Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall *
\nJune 29 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean ^
\nJun 30 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme *
\nJul 01 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar *
\nJul 02 – Hamtramck, MI @ Small’s Bar *
\nJul 03 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop *
\nJul 05 – Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott Theater *
\nJul 06 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground *
\nJul 07 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall *
\nJul 09 – Dover, NH @ Dover Brick House *
\nJul 12 – Hamden, CT @ Ballroom at Outerspace *
\nJul 13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus ^*
\nJul 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Bourbon & Branch ^*
\nJul 16 – Washington, DC @ DC9 ^*
\nJul 18 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern *
\nJul 19 – Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre *
\nJul 20 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
\nJul 22 – Atlanta, GA @ The Basement *
\nJul 23 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree *
\nJul 26 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
\nJul 27 – Austin, TX @ Red 7 *
\nJul 28 – San Antonio, TX @ Limelight *
\nJul 30 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
\nJul 31 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
\nAug 27 – Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory – Sargent House Label show w\/ Russian Circles, And So I Watch You From Afar, Tera Melos, Mylets & No Spill Blood.
\n* Supporting King Buzzo
\n^ w\/ Dave Davison (Maps & Atlases)
\n^* w\/ Stephen Brodsky (Mutoid Man)<\/p>\n

Emma Ruth Rundle In Marriages on tour:<\/strong>
\nAug 16 –\u00a0 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile\u00a0 # ^
\nAug 17 – \u00a0Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre # ^
\nAug 18 – \u00a0Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge # ^
\nAug 20 –\u00a0 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent #
\nAug 21 –\u00a0 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium #
\nAug 22 –\u00a0 San Luis Obispo @ SLO Brew #
\n# w\/ Boris
\n^ w\/ Master Musicians of Bukkake<\/p>\n

Amoeba Music links:<\/strong>
\nAmoeba.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/Amoeba<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/AmoebaMusic<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/AmoebaHollywood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review & photos by Andrew Bansal June 12th 2014, Amoeba Music, Hollywood CA: Primarily known as a member of rock groups Red Sparowes and Marriages, Los Angeles-based singer\/songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle has started her own solo career, and released her debut album ‘Some Heavy Ocean’ via Sargent House on May 20th. While she prepares to … <\/p>\n

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