Curated by the Cure's Robert Smith, Meltdown 2018 is hosting an array of music's most compelling active artists, including the Deftones, Nine Inch Nails, Placebo, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Manic Street Preachers, 65daysofstatic and Alcest in London from June 15-24th. Monday (June 18th) the annual music and arts festival featured sets from Death Cab for Cutie, God Is an Astronaut, Planning for Burial and Kentucky-based singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle. Rundle is known for her work in soaring post-rock outfits Red Sparowes and Marriages, as well as for her dark, raw solo output, exemplified on 2017's Marked for Death. Photographer Nick Sayers trailed her at Meltdown and captured the evocative shots above and below.
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