Reuben And The Dark and the Bullhorn Singers

Reuben and the Dark frontman Reuben Bullock is known for writing songs that search for light in impossible places. Across five albums, the Calgary songwriter has turned grief, endurance, and hope into expansive, communal anthems. Yet his new album, If You Know Me You Know My Brother, strips away much of the distance that once separated the storyteller from the story itself, and arrives after one of the most significant chapters of Bullock’s life. Written across more than a decade, and completed following the death of his older brother earlier this year, these 10 songs reckon with childhood trauma, addiction, family, forgiveness, and the strange ways love continues long after loss. If earlier Reuben and the Dark records often looked outward–toward nature, spirituality, and a search for belonging–this one begins at home. Raised in the foothills of southern Alberta, Bullock grew up surrounded by wide-open landscapes, long winters, and a family whose love, struggles, and resilience would become lifelong lyrical touchpoints. After years spent writing songs while fronting local bands and working construction jobs, slowly developing the honesty and emotional depth that would come to define his work, the band’s 2014 debut album Funeral Sky introduced a songwriter capable of pairing deeply personal stories with soaring, cathartic arrangements. Bullock's songs quickly found audiences around the world through film, streaming, and television–including Grey’s Anatomy, Game of Thrones, Heartland, and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie–establishing Reuben and the Dark as one of Canada’s breakout independent acts.