Fear of The Dawn - Story of how old man discovered DAW

In terms of guitar players I owe to a lot, Jack White is definitely one of them. Just like many teenagers who picked up the electric guitar, Seven Nation Army was one of the very first songs I’ve learned to play. The White Stripes didn't really do anything new or innovative during their career but Jack White just kept on churning out great riff after great riff that it didn't matter lmao. They were the band that was aware of their strengths and weaknesses and worked around them.

Jack White’s solo career has kinda been the same, up until the previous album. All throughout his career before that point he has been probably the biggest proponent of analog recording. But, something shifted when he went into recording Boarding House Reach. That album, while being rather confusing at places and very random and unfocused most of the time, had me amazed. I loved it for all its good and bad sides. It was the album I am still fascinated by.

For all its surface quirkiness and lack of cohesion, I’ve had a ton of fun with this album. Just listen to 6th song on the album titled Into The Twilight. You will hear the essence of what makes this album great and what made the previous one so fun. Yes, everything about it sounds so random but in a way, it’s also incredibly fun.

The weakest song on the album is probably one with Q-Tip. Q-Tip’s verse is good but the song just feels like it’s lacking something, it feels a bit unfinished. This is where bad things I have to say about this album end. Album is simply that good.

Jack’s knack for writing great riffs is still there, the whole album is incredibly memorable and one of those albums I will have on repeat even though there are many of them out there, even in Jack’s discography, which is better. The whole album is filled with energy from start to finish. A lot of that energy has to have with production which makes the album sound very punchy, especially with guitars and drums. Seriously, there’s so much fuzz on these guitars, but then again this is Jack White’s album. That’s to expect.

The new album feels like a continuation of the previous one in many ways but also Jack has toned it down a bit. Truth be told, I think this one’s better than Boarding House Reach exactly because of that, he has hit the good ratio of just great riffs and random freaky shit. But then again I didn't have "Jack White using Hatsune Miku pedal on the new album" on my 2022 bingo but here we are.

The album ends on a rather tasteful note. After all those very energetic songs it only makes sense that the album closer is like this. But then again, that driving drum groove is so good, especially when paired with the rest of the instrumentation. Truth be told, I wish this was the song Jack gave Q-Tip to rap over. Driving drum groove and guitar melodies would fit so well. Seriously, there are so many tasty melodies on that song alone. I’ve spent this whole post talking about other songs but honestly, this song is the best thing on this album and that says a lot considering how good others are.

What I am saying is that new album rules, to be honest. It got riffs, it got random freakouts, and it got Q-Tip. Do you need anything else?

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