Calgary Event/Concert Alert: Reuben Bullock’s “Devils Time” Premiere on January 28th, 2011

Devil’s Time – Trailer from Shot at The Dark on Vimeo.

Reuben Bullock’s album Pulling Up Arrows made it to my “Best Canadian Albums of 2010” list (see here) and now we are seeing a video feature for one of the tracks from the album, that track is Devils Time.  This is not just a “video” as much as it is a short film.  The Devils Time feature is a combination effort that includes musicians/brothers and now actors, Reuben and Benjamin Bullock and was directed by Brock Mitchell (of Shot At The Dark fame) and produced by Justin Huculak.  From the look of the first teaser, then the second teaser above – this looks to be epic!

Description from the new website & Bandcamp stream of the track (its a free download as well folks!):

Devil’s Time is a short film / music video for the song “devil’s time” off of Reuben Bullock’s debut album, “pulling up arrows”. It was filmed in the late summer in the badlands, taking shape among the jagged terrain, endless prairies and wide open sky landscaping southern Alberta.

There is a bit of back story as well for this whole thing (for me at least) as I remember last summer sitting down with Reuben over coffee and talking about his music and he mentioned “Devils Time”.  So I know the song already, but he mentioned there was going to be a video and he was really excited about it…there was going to be a horse rented!  So this isn’t your run of the mill, indie made video thrown together to get something out there – there is intent here and possibly gravitas for lack of a better word.  The trailer leaves me feeling like this will be something to really dig my teeth into.

Brock Mitchell told me a little about the experience and by the sounds of it, there are bits and pieces of mental (and possibly physical) shrapnel embedded into the psyche of Bullock and crew after creating and capturing the vision of Devils Time.  Some of the quotes and descriptions on the video shoot are included below;

• “…we built the short story for Devil’s Time, involving Reuben as this fugitive that has been caught by the sheriff…no back story…sheriff had been on his trail for years”
• “…looking for something authentic, and unique…”
• “…the song would involve him being tied and bound…”
• “…tension between the sheriff and the fugitive during one night of their travels together…”
• “…to bond with this horse, and really become part of the landscape….”
• “…[the landscape]…which had its own curiosity to it, where we never knew what was around every bend…”

The shoot itself didn’t go without obstacle – if you get the chance, you can ask the Bullock brothers or crew about the unforeseen storm that swept through the filming that almost put a end to the shoot…

Hmmmm, got ya thinking didn’t it?  Well, this “EVENT” will take place at the fantastic Theatre Grand Junction (see info) and will be the place to be.  There will also be a performance from Bullock as well as another local favourite, Samantha Savage Smith.  All you local Calgary types should consider this a no-brainer – great music and a great film.  Listen to a track from Reuben and Samantha and tell me you won’t be there…

“The Rain” – Reuben Bullock (from 2010’s Pulling Up Arrows)
“You Always Come to Mind” – Samantha Savage Smith (from her upcoming March 2011 release)

Find More Info on this event & Reuben Bullock: Website, MySpace, Facebook
Find More Info on Shot At The Dark and Brock Mitchell – Vimeo, Twitter

Purchase Pulling Up Arrows on CD Baby and on iTunes

Below are a few ‘behind the scenes’ photos from the experience courtesy of Shot At The Dark.
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See y’all there on Friday, January 28th, 2011 at the Grand!

~Smansmith