Folkloric Feel:Apostle of Hustle

Title: Folkloric Feel

Label: Arts & Crafts

Genre: amazing lo-fi indie

Rating: 6.8 of 7

Apostle of Hustle is Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whitman. After staying two months in Cuba with his godmother’s family, Whitman took all of his inspirations from the trip and manifested them into this album. Recorded in four different places, including the Rocsac (Jim Guthrie’s old pad in Guelph, ON), a huge Italian church in Hamilton, ON, Whitman’s bedroom and BSS’s recording spot, Stars & Sons in Toronto (with some songs take pieces from each studio), along with some of the other BSS members, Folkloric Feel is a conglomeration of styles, feelings, inspirations and sounds. Proclaimed a digital/analog Frankenstein by Whitman, the album really lives up to what he was trying to convey. In fact, I do not think there is a bad track on here. A lot of it is lo-fi, but in an indie, DIY, four-track kind of way (which means good). The basis is straight-ahead indie rock, but each song contains notable influences from various world styles and instrumentation. This is a damn fine album and deserves whatever playtime you can spare, so please play.

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