Comes on vinyl LP.
Fear of the Dawn is the fourth studio album by the American rock musician Jack White, released on April, 2022, through Third Man Records. Jack White doesn’t ease you into Fear of the Dawn—he throws you headfirst into it. This is his most sonically unhinged solo record, a jagged, high-voltage collage that feels like it was wired together in a lab full of broken amps, analog synths, and barely contained ideas. Where past White projects flirted with chaos, this one embraces it as a guiding principle.
The title track, “Fear of the Dawn,” is a mission statement disguised as a meltdown. Guitars splinter into glitchy fragments, riffs stutter and reset, and White’s vocals cut through like a signal fighting interference. It’s not just garage rock—it’s garage rock being actively deconstructed in real time. You can hear the fingerprints of his Third Man Records ethos all over it: analog gear pushed past its limits, tape manipulated, imperfections elevated into texture. That experimental streak carries into “The White Raven,” a track that lurches forward on a distorted bassline and fractured percussion. It’s messy. It’s aggressive. At times, it’s borderline overwhelming. But it’s also one of the most forward-thinking rock records in years—a reminder that Jack White isn’t interested in preserving the past.
