We fell in love with angsty album title track 'Marked for Death’ last month, but now LA rocker Emma Ruth Rundle gives us a another peek at what to expect from her forthcoming LP in second single ‘Protection’. Equally heavy and emotion-laden, Rundle is the master of regaling encounters with microscopic detail. In her songwriting, she artfully balances moments of quiet intensity with heavy surges of guitars that swell and break between her pained voice. The duality of tough and vulnerable is entirely hypnotic and exhilarating as you can never predict where she is taking her self-deprecation next. She’s hit tortured artist on the head. - SJ