When Cameron Whitcomb went to record his debut album on the heels of a meteoric rise, he laid out one rule for himself. “I want to tell the truth,” he says of a record that explores mental darkness, teenage addiction, recovery and — eventually — hope. That record is The Hard Way , a deeply personal full-length project for Whitcomb. A 22-year-old from Nanaimo, British Columbia, he’s already seen three singles certified gold or better in Canada and was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year last