Containing what are undeniably his finest songs to date, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, two separate albums simultaneously released on January 25th, 2005, provide unequivocal proof that 24 year-old Oberst belongs to the lineage of great American songwriters.These albums are a soundly articulated slice of modern American life rolled into two very different records.
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, is a country-tinged melange of Conor's finest acoustic songs, featuring guest vocal appearances from Emmylou Harris and Jim James (My Morning Jacket), whereas Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is a more produced, band-centric album featuring cameo appearances by Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
The new songs are bursting with all of the rough edges and heartfelt poetry for which Bright Eyes records have earned their acclaim, while exposing a glorious new level of depth and texture to the writing and delivery. Recorded back-to-back, the albums work in tandem to elucidate both sides of Conor's recent creative output.
Label: Dead Oceans – DOC290LP
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: Nov 11, 2022
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Rock, Indie Rock
Tracklist
A1 At The Bottom Of Everything 4:34
A2 We Are Nowhere And It's Now 4:12
A3 Old Soul Song (For The New World Order) 4:29
A4 Lua 4:31
A5 Train Under Water 6:06
B1 First Day Of My Life 3:08
B2 Another Travelin' Song 4:16
B3 Land Locked Blues 5:47
B4 Poison Oak 4:39
B5 Road To Joy 3:54