Reuben and the Dark

Reuben and the Dark is the enrapturing alt folk-rock outfit led by singer-songwriter
Reuben Bullock, whose music blends introspective lyrics with soaring instrumentals.
Reuben and the Dark's music has been featured in Breaking Bad, The Highwaymen,
Game of Thrones, Handmaids Tale, and many more. The talented Calgary-born Joshua
Tree-based singer-songwriter, skateboarder and carpenter has released four full
lengths on Arts & Crafts and toured the world.

In lieu of light
Reuben and the Dark has long nurtured a bond with its audience that transcends the
power of human communion with music as the chosen vehicle. Now, the spirited folkrock
outfit announces its fourth album, In Lieu of Light, a collection of songs as bare
and unguarded as any frontman Reuben Bullock has offered before.
Recalling the spontaneity of the band’s resounding 2013 arrival Funeral Sky, the eleven
songs of In Lieu of Light are both humble and vast, flourishing from the simplicity of
gentle piano and guitar – at times favouring the delicate frame of its intimacy, at others
conceding to the anthems in its melodies. It is honest heart-based music, wide open
yet lonesome, and begging connection.
In Lieu of Light was recorded throughout 2021 when at times for many the world
seemed at an excruciating standstill. Reuben’s pensive lyrics, always known for their
environmental resonance, turn more inward here. There is an element of personal,
deeply relatable soul-searching at play, a perseverance through darkness, grief,
escapism, and a subtle celebration of this despair that we have all confronted.