| The End Is Near | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The New Year |
| Cover: | The end is not near cover.jpg |
| Released: | May 18, 2004 |
| Recorded: | June 7 – August 30, 2003 |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 33:59 |
| Label: | Touch & Go Records |
| Producer: | Matt and Bubba Kadane, Steve Albini |
| Prev Title: | Newness Ends |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | The New Year |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
The End Is Near is the second studio album by The New Year, released on May 18, 2004, through Touch & Go Records. The album's recording spanned across three sessions in 2003 (June 7–11, July 11–15, and August 29–30) with the help of Steve Albini, and the album was mixed between October and November that same year at The Echo Lab. To promote the album, a music video was produced for the track "Disease".