Singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle returns with "God's Picture," the third single taken from her forthcoming album These Killing Times, due out September 18 via Errant Child.

She also directed a quasi-Elizabethan music video for the song, complete with hand dancers, Red the Dog, and Gabriel the Angel and the Devil. Watch below:

Written early last year and recorded with frequent collaborator Sonny Diperri, who co-produced the album alongside Rundle, "God's Picture" continues the songstress' electrifying return to a full band with emotionally charged anti-patriarchal rage.

In a press release, Rundle called the song her thesis statement:

"'God’s Picture' is a meditation on the state of the world, particularly climate disaster, global conflict and class. Musically this song feels like a segue from 'Engine of Hell,' with its gentle piano and guitar, to 'These Killing Times,' with its more lush arrangements and message. This song is also a plea for the demolition of western hegemony. Accompanied by a music video collaboration with many friends and for which I painstakingly constructed the sets for in the winter of 2025/26, 'God’s Picture' is the thesis statement at the core of my new album These Killing Times."

In addition to her upcoming fall North American tour, which kicks off in November after her solo support tour with All Them Witches, Rundle confirmed a Spring 2027 tour across Europe and the U.K., including a performance at the prestigious Roadburn Festival.

Tour Dates:

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 ~
11/24 Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
11/25 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater *
11/27 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
11/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room *
11/29 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
12/01 Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom *
12/02 Dallas, TX @ Puzzles *
12/04 Atlanta, GA @ The EARL *
12/05 Nashville, TN @ EXIT/IN *
12/06 Asheville, NC @ Eulogy *
12/08 Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
12/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
12/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar *
12/12 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner (Saddest Day Festival)
12/14 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern *
12/15 Detroit, MI @ El Club *
12/16 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
12/18 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge *
12/19 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *

~ Performing solo, supporting All Them Witches
* THESE KILLING TIMES TOUR, performing with a full band. Cinder Well to support.

03/22 Berlin, DE @ Festsaal
03/23 Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli
03/24 Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
03/25 Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9
03/27 Prague, CZ @ Palác Akropolis
03/28 Wien, AT @ Arena Wien
03/30 Munich, DE @ Backstage
03/31 Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik
04/01 Lyon, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne
04/02 Lille, FR @ L'aeronef
04/03 Nantes, FR @ Ferrailleur
04/05 Bristol, UK @ Fleece
04/06 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
04/08 Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke's
04/09 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
04/10 London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
04/11 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
04/13 Paris, FR @ Elysee Montmartre
04/14 Antwerp, BE @ Trix
04/15 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn

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