Emma Ruth Rundle has announced a new album titled These Killing Times, out September 18th via Errant Child Records. In advance of its release, she’s unveiled the lead single “Powerless.”
The LP will arrive a few weeks before Rundle embarks on a tour supporting All Them Witches beginning October 10th in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The outing passes through Charlotte, North Carolina, Albany, New York, and Des Moines, Iowa, among other cities, before wrapping up in Cincinnati on October 30th.
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The album sees Rundle returning to full-band arrangements following her two previous piano and vocal driven albums. The song “Powerless” showcases a more direct vocal compared to her heavy shoegazing material, with the instrumental bed balancing a similar grungy haze with more articulated guitar and percussion. It harkens to the same emotional terrain of Smashing Pumpkins lengthier cinematic work, feeling both tender and mournful.
Rundle said of the single, “This song was initially titled ‘Noam Chomsky Is Dead to Me’ — as his relationship to Epstein and the billionaire class was being exposed — just another massively disappointing headline in a time where we are incessantly confronted with an onslaught of news and headlines which are endlessly demoralizing and dehumanizing. This song — like most of the songs on These Killing Times — is a reaction to the horrors we are seeing laid bare on a daily basis — the clear and painful reality of the myriad injustices levied upon the working class people of earth — from climate collapse to genocide to the miscarriage of justice on a scale- the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes- the collapse of empire, the demise of democracy, the erosion of women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights and black rights, the attempt to dehumanize immigrants and people of color, the concentration camps in the USA – the list is so long I don’t think I can accurately cover it all here.”
She continued, “With ‘Powerless’ — I invoke the hammer; both to destroy and to build — something better. I want people to know they are not alone — they are not insane – I wanted to name the thing that has been causing me so much mental, emotional and spiritual anguish. Sometimes singing – especially repeating phases – can work to fortify one’s self and I think that’s where the bridge of ‘Powerless’ comes in — I refuse to let my agency and resolve become corrupted or diluted by the powers that be and I want others to feel empowered too.”
Watch the music video for “Powerless,” see the artwork and tracklist of These Killing Times, and Emma Ruth Rundle’s upcoming tour dates with All Them Witches below. Pre-order or pre-save the album here.
These Killing Times Artwork:
These Killing Times Track List:
01. Powerless
02. God’s Picture
03. Anvil
04. Catherine Wheel
05. Don’t Delay Heaven
06. Enough
07. Human Kindness
08. Oceans of Time
Emma Ruth Rundle 2026 Tour Dates:
06/19-21 – Pe Ell, WA @ Cascading Midsummer
10/10 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal *
10/11 – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall *
10/12 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club *
10/13 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall *
10/14 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre *
10/15 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
10/16 – Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live *
10/17 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony *
10/18 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall *
10/19 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace *
10/20 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground *
10/21 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live *
10/22 – Buffalo, NY @ Electric City *
10/23 – McKees Rocks, PA @ Roxian Theatre *
10/24 – Indianapolis, IN @ HI-FI Annex *
10/25 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection *
10/26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom *
10/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
10/28 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s *
10/29 – Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre *
10/30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *
* = supporting All Them Witches
