Fear Of The Dawn
by Jack White

From Brad1770 01/29/2023 05:22 | #293356

I always felt J.W’s work lacked the necessary variation for me to really appreciate his catalogue with the heard one heard ‘em all quote holding largely true & it was for this reason I really enjoyed the quieter and mood filled ‘Entering Heaven Alive’. So here on ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ Mr White tries with a concept album of sorts best encapsulated on key track “Eosophobia” and its “Reprise” which loosely translates to a Greek philosophy in relation to a literal fear of the dawn arriving and the album is chock full of such references (“Into the Twilight” , “Morning Noon and Night” etc)

And I’ll give credit where credits due for Jack trying something “different” but unfortunately its all been done before - simply look no further than The Smashing Pumpkins ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness” and it Dusk To Dawn / Dawn To Dusk split and even way back to The Moody Blues ‘Days Of Future Passed’ and its phases within 24 hours

Ultimately though, its just more of Jack White being Jack Whiteish

Album Rating: 64.64
(711/11)

1.Taking Me Back. 71
2.Fear Of The Dawn. 70
3.The White Raven. 69
4.Hi-De-Ho. 38
5.Eosophobia. 57
6.Into The Twilight. 73
7.Dusk. N/a
8.What's The Trick? 54
9.That Was Then (This Is Now). 72
10.Eosophobia (Reprise). 64
11.Morning, Noon And Night. 70
12. Shedding My Violet. 73

Wow, this one blew me away in terms of the pure sonics and experimentation. Was much more proggy than I'd maybe anticipated but in the aggressive, complex riffy Yes 'Close to the Edge' kinda way as opposed to something more lofty and bloated. A rock album as lean as they come.

Wow!!
This is great
100/100

Exelent! The best Jack White's album

From pedro1976 04/13/2022 10:21 | #284155

My favourite album of 2022 (so far).

From LebowskiRams 04/11/2022 06:17 | #284012

Some of the best and most interesting music Jack White has created is on here

A few of the songs are jams that can sound a bit unfocused at times and White occasionally sounds like a caricature of himself, but he does it in a way that welcomes reinvention and I love the high energy here. There are some weirder more experimental moments that threw me for a loop and were very cool. Sometimes the funky rhythms and melodies hit just right and it sounds really nice. A good amount of guitar power, too. I am starting to appreciate this album more as I keep listening. I like this one and Boarding House Reach more than his first two solo albums (although I prefer most of the stuff from The White Stripes, Raconteurs, and Dead Weather over any of his solo material). I would say this is experimental but not quite as much as Boarding House Reach and the overall sound is about as heavy as Jack White has ever been. My favorite song is the final track. It has a nice groove, awesome lyrics, and the guitar and vocals are very intense.