Being a member of Broken Social Scene doesn’t necessarily give you the ability to make genre-bending records, but it does provide some excellent on the job training. On Eats Darkness Andrew Whiteman and his Apostle of Hustle moniker channel the expansive BSS sound and take it to an immediate and pressing place.

Eats Darkness is an honest tribute to the emotions we experience within the beauty and confines of the world we wake up to each day. There is a constant push and pull within the record. “Eazy Speaks” reeks of the frantic demands faced daily, with the fierce jangle. Impossible to classify, “Darkness” lends itself to deranged trip-hop on the murky title track, with a rhythmic beating heart and pensive finger picking battling for the listener’s ear. Intriguing sampling on tracks such as “Return to Sender” provide insight into Whiteman’s dark psyche.

It’s not all doom and gloom however. “How to Defeat a More Powerful Enemy,” the album’s standout track, features a burgeoning Spoon-esque beat rummaging with a calming and hopeful chorus. Whiteman makes it painfully obvious that things aren’t as righteous as many wish they could be, yet he offers a lesson in how to swallow the pain whole.