It is the fourth single and the title track to the band's sixth studio album, Rainier Fog (2018).
The full lyrics to "Rainier Fog" are inscribed on the bottom plate of Jerry Cantrell's signature Dunlop Cry Baby Wah pedal, released in April 2019.
[7] The original demo for "Rainier Fog" was recorded at vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell's house in Los Angeles.
[6] Cantrell told Rolling Stone magazine that the song is a tribute to the Seattle music scene, that launched bands such as Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees and Nirvana.
"[6] Cantrell told Classic Rock magazine that the lyrics "Left me here so all alone, only for me to find/Hear your voice on waves we rode, echoes inside my mind/Disembodied just a trace of what it was like then/With you here we shared a space that's always half-empty" are about former Alice in Chains members Layne Staley and Mike Starr.
[12] The lyric video for "Rainier Fog" was released on Alice In Chains' official YouTube channel on February 26, 2019.
"[15] Joe Daly of Louder Sound wrote that the track "serves up a wistful look at the Seattle scene when they [Alice in Chains] first started.
[16] On December 13, 2018, the teaser trailer for the film Black Antenna featuring "Rainier Fog" was released on Alice in Chains' official YouTube channel.
The video for "Rainier Fog" is the second episode of the sci-fi series Black Antenna, which tells the story of extraterrestrial father and daughter who drive across California in silence, speaking only telepathically.
Along the way, the daughter seduces men and steals from them to help her father build an antenna so that he can send a message to their people at home.
[21] The song was performed live for the first time during Alice In Chains' concert at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs on October 18, 2018.