un love
{{Short description|2019 studio album by Reuben and the Dark}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox album
| name = un love
| type = Studio
| artist = Reuben and the Dark
| cover = Un love.jpg
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| released = October 2019
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| genre = Folk rock, indie rock, alt rock
| length =
| label = Arts & Crafts
| producer = Marcus Paquin, Kevin Drew
| prev_title = Arms of a Dream
| prev_year = 2018
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Exclaim!
|rev1score = {{Rating|6|10}} {{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Scott |title=Reuben and the Dark Funeral Sky |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/reuben_and_the_dark-un_love|website=exclaim.ca |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |language=en-ca |date=October 23, 2019}}
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un love is the third album from Canadian indie folk band, Reuben and the Dark. The album was released barely 18 months after its predecessor, Arms of a Dream. Besides being described as indie rock and folk-rock, some reviewers began describing the band as alternative rock.{{cite web |last1=Thiessen |first1=Brock |title=Reuben and the Dark Unveils New Album 'un {{!}} love' |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/reuben_and_the_dark_unveils_new_album_un_love |website=exclaim.ca |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |language=en-ca |date=September 9, 2019}}
Background
The album was demoed in Mexico with Reuben Bullock, bassist Ian Jarvis, guitarist Brock Geiger and Christopher Hayden as the producer. Bullock had gone to Mexico after touring the 2018 album Arms of a Dream and after separating from his wife. He said about the album; "Me and my wife separated and I've been in that process of trying to understand our relationship and change our understanding of love. That has had a really deep effect on me and that's at the heart of all these songs, me trying to understand love to be really blunt about it."{{cite news |last1=Volmers |first1=Eric |title=Heartbreak and Hope: Reuben and the Dark find light in romantic gloom {{!}} Calgary Herald |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/heartbreak-and-hope-reuben-and-the-dark-find-light-in-romantic-gloom |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |work=The Calgary Herald |date=October 16, 2019 |language=en}}
The song Faultline was originally demoed for the album Arms of a Dream, but never made it onto that album.{{cite web |last1=Boissonneault |first1=Stephan |title=Reuben & The Dark - Red Deer Scene |url=https://reddeerscene.com/reuben-the-dark/ |website=reddeerscene.com |accessdate=27 December 2019 |date=October 1, 2019}}
Critical reception
Killbeatmusic described the album as "..[the] collection is a bare, cathartic exploration of life's undeniable crossroads, and the fateful depths that await there."{{cite web |title=Reuben And The Dark - un {{!}} love |url=http://www.killbeatmusic.com/reubenandthedark |website=Killbeat Music |accessdate=December 27, 2019}} Exclaim! were not as effusive with this album compared with its predecessor. They said of the album; "The scope of the band's music has shrunk. Unexpected flourishes that gave their flowery compositions a few thorns have been pruned back in favour of safer music."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Rising
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = Faultline
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Welcome Home
| length3 = 3:21
| title4 = Weightlessness
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = Breathe
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Underground
| length6 = 1:16
| title7 = Inner River
| length7 = 4:55
| title8 = Unlove
| length8 = 4:16
| title9 = Outrun the Rain
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = Wisemen
| length10 = 4:35
| title11 = Dancer
| length11 = 3:47
| total_length = 44:45
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Personnel
- Reuben Bullock, vocals, guitar
- Shea Alain, guitar, keyboards
- Brock Geiger, guitar, keyboards
- Ian Jarvis, bass
- Brendan Soares, drums{{cite web |title=Reuben and the Dark - un {{!}} love - LP |url=https://www.roughtrade.com/us/reuben-and-the-dark/un-love |website=Rough Trade |accessdate=27 December 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://arts-crafts.ca/releases/AC176.html Arts & Crafts page on un{{pipe}}love]
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