Reuben and the Dark’s 4th album, In Lieu of Light, is a collection of songs as bare and unguarded as any frontman

Reuben Bullock has offered before. Recalling the spontaneity of their 2013 arrival, Funeral Sky, the 11 songs here

are both humble and vast, flourishing from the simplicity of gentle piano and guitar – at times favoring the delicate

frame of its intimacy, at others conceding to the anthems in its melodies. It’s honest heart-based music, wide open

yet lonesome and inviting connection.