The Storm Before the Calm (stylized in all lowercase) is the tenth (and eighth international) studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released June 17, 2022, via Epiphany Music and Thirty Tigers,[2] as well as by RCA Records in Europe.

[4] The Arts Desk's Katie Colombus noted Morissette's "musical journey of self-discovery and healing", going as far back as songs such as "Thank U" from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and multiple cuts from Flavors of Entanglement and Havoc and Bright Lights, leading up to the singer "remov[ing] her ego completely" with The Storm, with an album "comprised of long pieces between five and 12 minutes as guidance through our internal machinations."

Lead single "Safety—Empath in Paradise" is described as "a guidance for us to think and clarify, as well as feel connected and supported on our own journeys" with "a soothing rhythmic pattern of drumming and a gentle sense of connection in the swell of euphoric voices that join together", while album opener "Light—The Lightworker's Lament" and mid-album cut "Awakening—In Between Thoughts" are "gentler, with sounds of gongs, synthesis and contemplative guitar."

"[5] Uncut's Wyndham Wallace noted "Space—Pause on Violence" as "recalling Julianna Barwick's The Magic Place and called "Mania—Resting in the Fire" "indulgently noisy prog-jazz".

[3] Clash's Isabella Miller wrote that while The Storm Before the Calm "may be an unexpected project from one of the worlds [sic] much loved vocalists", the album "is proof that Alanis Morissette offers more than catchy melodies, clever lyricism and reminding us how 'life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong'" and the artist "exhibits genius musicianship and knows exactly the right way to evoke emotion.