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UN | LOVE OUT OCTOBER 25 ON ARTS & CRAFTS
“BLACK WATER” FEATURED IN EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE TRAILER
TOUR DATES START OCTOBER 16
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“Compelling and evocative” - Exclaim!
“Bright Eyes meets Mumford & Sons” - American Songwriter
“Earnest, anthemic” – WXPN
“Distinct and dynamic” – Radio.com
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Last month, Reuben and the Dark, the spirited alt-folk outfit helmed by singer-songwriter Reuben Bullock, announced a new full-length album entitled un | love, out October 25 on Arts & Crafts. With that, the band released the first single “faultline” and the video, directed by Brock Mitchell, debuted last week. Today, Reuben and the Dark shares the new track “rising” – the melancholic but uplifting overture to un | love, with Reuben’s lonesome voice soon buoyed by exultant melodies.
Reuben explains how “rising” captures the spark of the new album:
“This is the first song on the album for a reason. It was the very first toe in the water... an early morning in Mexico… among the sounds of the jungle I started writing this song. As I was finishing, I could hear my bass player, Ian Jarvis, already carving out a sonic world in the makeshift studio we had made. This song was written with a cup of coffee and finished with a glass of mezcal. I took it from the sky. It was written and recorded within hours. It was the very beginning of what would become a deep dive into an ocean of songs - un | love. Recording for the sake of the song and nothing else. It is a journey. An exploration. I don’t think it even makes sense from a songwriting perspective, but it makes sense emotionally. It is waking up. It is looking out the window as scenery passes you by. It is the blink of an eye. An anthem of an open mind.”
The song captures life as it’s meant to be lived – in the moment. It is the past, present and future held close and let go all at once. The vast space and freewheeling pace of “rising” evokes the opposing forces of love and emptiness at play in un | love, at once free and constrained.
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un | love is Reuben’s most honest and captivating album to date, opening a window into one of the most dramatic times in Bullock’s life. The spirited band’s third record – following 2018’s Arms of a Dream, and 2014’s debut Funeral Sky – tells Reuben’s story of endings and hope for the future. The forthcoming collection is a bare, cathartic exploration of life’s undeniable crossroads, and the fateful depths that await there. As Reuben sings on “rising”:
to fall in love
and blow away
come what may
my mind is made
Produced by Reuben and the Dark with Marcus Paquin (The National, Timber Timbre, Local Natives) and Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), un | love evokes the raw emotion of the songs with anthemic, atmospheric sound. In comparison to the polished songs of Arms of a Dream, the new album shows a drastic turn in Reuben’s ease as a writer and freedom as a recording artist. His voice is at once unbridled and fallible. Through the dense imagery of his poetry shines a light shot straight from Reuben’s soul.
Reuben and the Dark hit the road this month with a run of dates in Canada and will embark on a Winter Tour in 2020 beginning February 8. Full dates can be round below. The band has shared stages with the likes of Vance Joy, Serena Ryder, The Strumbellas, Boy & Bear, and The Paper Kites. Reuben and the Dark's music has been heard in Handmaid’s Tale, The HIghwaymen, A Million Little Things, American Gods, Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and more. Most recently, “Black Water” from Reuben’s debut album was featured in the long-anticipated trailer for Netflix’s El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
“BLACK WATER” FEATURED IN EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE TRAILER
For more information visit reubenandthedark.com and connect with Reuben on social media.
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UN | LOVE TRACKLIST
01 rising
02 faultline
03 welcome home
04 weightlessness
05 breathe
06 underground
07 inner river
08 unlove
09 outrun the rain
10 wisemen
11 dancer
TOUR DATES
Oct 16 - Penticton BC - Dream Cafe - SOLD OUT
Oct 18 - Banff AB - Banff Centre - SOLD OUT
Oct 19 - Banff AB - Banff Centre - SOLD OUT
Oct 22 - Red Deer AB - Bo’s
Oct 23 - Jasper AB - Jasper Legion
Oct 25 - Camrose AB - Bailey Theatre
Oct 26 - Moose Jaw SK - Mae Wilson Theatre
Oct 28 - Invermere BC - Pynelogs Cultural Centre
Oct 29 - St. Albert AB - Arden Theatre
Feb 8 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
Feb 10 - Quebec, QC - L’Anti
Feb 12 - Montreal, QC - Le Petit Campus
Feb 13 - Paris ON - Dominion Telegraph
Feb 14 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
Feb 18 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
Feb 19 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
Feb 22 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre
Feb 25 - Swift Current, SK - Lyric Theatre
Feb 28 - Calgary, AB - Palace Theatre
Feb 29 - Lethbridge, AB - Southminster United Church
Mar 2 - Kamloops, BC - Pavilion Theatre
Mar 4 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
Mar 5 - Vancouver, BC - Imperial
Mar 7 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Mar 8 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
Mar 10 - Nelson, BC - Hume Hotel Spirit Bar