Jack has given himself space to make something ferociously heavy, wonderfully weird - and gloriously immediate.
Fear of the Dawn is an intense aural barrage of rock from start to finish and may very well be Jack White’s finest solo output to date.
Fear of the Dawn album is not easy. But uneasy does not mean unpleasant. If you might keep in mind that it covers a lot of ground to see how far it can go in a short period of time, as is standard with Jack White, you'll enjoy it.
By splitting his 2022 albums into two distinct projects and saving his quieter material for Entering Heaven Alive, White has delivered his best release since 2012's Blunderbuss, and one of the most consistently exciting albums in his 25-year-career.
"Fear of the Dawn" is proof that rock 'n' roll and hard rock, in spite of the prevalence of other popular music styles and the lackluster nature of contemporary active rock, is in good hands when the torch is carried by the likes of Jack White.
Fear of the Dawn isn't often a pleasant listen, but it wasn't meant to be: it's a dark adventure, an album designed to provoke and stoke fears, not to soothe them.
Detroit native Jack White doesn't have much use for finer plot points on Fear of the Dawn, a record that stomps in on a wave of pinwheeling riffs and raw energy, and pretty much stays there for the next 40 minutes.
Much of Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn finds the musician acting as a sort of mad scientist.
There is little filter on the creativity here as White’s legacy allows him to explore and indulge odd ideas, but it could do with some productive channelling. Hence Fear Of The Dawn ends up a partially enjoyable but partially frustrating listen.
Jack White's keeping it strange on Fear of the Dawn.
There's a fluidity and looseness to White's approach on Fear of the Dawn, giving the impression he's having a good time kicking it with his buds in his garage.
On a larger scale, Fear Of The Dawn is not an easy listen. But this does not mean it is not pleasant. White has certainly tried to rasp his experimental tendencies to meet the desires of his audience halfway.
On Fear Of The Dawn his foot spends plenty of time flat on the fuzz pedal.
God, that album art is terrible.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m not really familiar with Jack White’s work. Yes I’ve heard a bunch of the bigger songs that The White Stripes released, and I’ve loved all of them, and I’m fairly certain whenever I do look into the band’s back catalogue I’ll say they were one of the greats, but honestly it’s a lot easier for me to keep up with new albums as they release than to take a dive backward into an ... read more
Innovative and dynamic both in guitar sounds and production, Taking Me Back gives the whammy pedal and drum samples a slamming workout and the title track keeps that momentum hot as it crashes in without taking a breath.
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The White Raven pulses with electro guitar EQ and punches out with fuzzy and spooky moments and four-to-the floor energy before fading away gently underneath the surface of Hi-De-Ho in all of it’s world music glory, this ... read more
'Fear Of The Dawn' é o primeiro disco que escuto de Jack White e fui introduzido ao seu trabalho artístico de ótima maneira por um álbum em que a experiência de escutá-lo é bastante divertida. A produção foi o que mais me chamou atenção no registro, que se destaca pela forma surpreendente que utiliza de seus elementos, em especial, das guitarras, além do experimentalismo que Jack White, o qual produziu todas as ... read more
I like some of the experimentation and ideas on this album, but some of them just fall flat.
Favorites: Taking Me Back, Eosophobia
Least Favorite: Hi-De-Ho
1 | Taking Me Back 3:59 | 85 |
2 | Fear Of The Dawn 2:02 | 82 |
3 | The White Raven 2:43 | 77 |
4 | Hi-De-Ho 3:56 feat. Q-Tip | 79 |
5 | Eosophobia 3:41 | 79 |
6 | Into the Twilight 4:41 | 78 |
7 | Dusk 0:30 | 63 |
8 | What's the Trick? 3:34 | 85 |
9 | That Was Then, This is Now 3:10 | 77 |
10 | Eosophobia (Reprise) 3:12 | 75 |
11 | Morning, Noon and Night 4:45 | 76 |
12 | Shedding My Velvet 3:41 | 81 |
#1 | / | Rough Trade (UK) |
#2 | / | PopMatters |
#3 | / | Variety: Chris Willman |
#8 | / | MOJO |
#25 | / | Louder Than War |
#39 | / | Hot Press |
#44 | / | Albumism |
#46 | / | RIFF |
#64 | / | Les Inrocks |
#99 | / | Piccadilly Records |