I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

It’s taken me a couple of weeks to get my head around this album. On my first listen, the album didn’t immediately grab me, until the final track hit. Something about it just clicked, and suddenly I felt compelled to go back and hear the whole thing again. On that second listen, it opened up for me in a big way. The mix of raw emotion and layered storytelling reminded me of a cross between Brand New and Black Country, New Road. Now a few weeks on it’s firmly in my regular rotation, a great album that rewards patience and revisiting.

I love Bright Eyes and it reminds me of all my sad white girl high school friends in the best way

F U still love this record

I wondered if someone would submit a Bright Eyes album and I'm happy to see it. I am not a huge Bright Eyes fan, but Conor Oberst is partially responsible for being the gateway to discovering so much music. In mid-2019 I got spotify and the song Dylan Thomas by Better Oblivion Community Center came up on a shuffle list. I really liked that song and it lead me to learn about Phoebe Bridgers whose music I loved. This was around the time Punisher was released and my love of her resulted in my learning about her band/friends boygenius and Lucy Dacus, which have all become some of my favourite music. The feedback loop continued and during covid I discovered so much new (to me) music. In fact it was because of these discoveries that lead me to this site in general which I started in December 2021 and 4 years later and thousands of hours of music later am still enjoying. Since then I've seen over 500 live shows (including multiple festivals and many repeats) and have fallen completely in love with the experience of live music. So Conor's music, even if I'm not the largest fan of it, has been very important to me. Since I'm a huge indie rock fan, I know how influential his music has been for musicians in the genre so it's a worthy inclusion. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes.

Very relaxing and soothing like a lot of the albums I listened to in the early part of the century. I’m sure I must’ve heard this back then but didn’t recall any of it. A soothing soundtrack for the day.

Never heard of this band before, loved this. it's not a perfect album and the slow sad style drags a little in the middle. but overall it's a great thoughtful piece.

Never heard of them so didn't know what to expect. A brilliant album 👍

It’s morning indeed

Very nice. I really like his voice and songwriting. 4 stars.

"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" is the best album of Bright Eyes. Full of amazing singer-songwriter songs with interesting (but often depressing) lyrics. The vocal contributions of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch and Maria Taylor are quite lovely .

This is certainly more entertaining than the next album (#328). Here's an excerpt from wiki: "Road to Joy" contains an interpolation of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". The title of the album is taken from a lyric in this song. Technically, this is an interpretation. An interpolation is using known data points to find a data point in-between the other two points. So if this were a jazz album, where you're listening to the notes that aren't there, I do not believe this to be the case for this album. It's more of a pun if you ask me... Now on to the review. This album really reminds me of Poi Dog. There's a melancholy upbeatness to it, and in a way, also reminds me of playing GTA. How is that possible?

Firdt day of my life is a life strange classic 4

Hey guys Riley from hivemind here

Pretty nice

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is on the charming side of twee rather than the boring side. It's a decent listen, engaging for the most part and definitely really well put together, it just doesn't really land for me in style. Doesn't lack substance though, solid 3.

Ganska skön platta.

Ok music, but didn't really stick with me

man whatever.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: First day of my life

Especie de folk-rock suave, con algún toque country. Se deja escuchar, aunque las canciones son bastante parecidas entre sí

If the vocals are meant to carry the repetitive, uninspired instrumentals, then they're doing a pretty sore job – purely a matter of taste, but I just do not enjoy vocal-driven music where the focus is supposed to be on the narrative/delivery. There are flashes of interest where the instrumentals get a bit interesting and mesh well with the story being told, but mostly this is one step above a singer-songwriter LP. Understand why this was so significant in the early days of modern indie, but it just hasn't aged into something I enjoy.

This sort of twee alternative folk isn't my jam. 2/5.

Millennial indie folk bullshit. Sandwiched between early 2000s millennial indie folk bullshit (the Mountain Goats, the Microphones) and late 2000s millennial indie folk bullshit (Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes) is mid 2000s millennial indie folk bullshit (this, Iron + Wine, Kimya Dawson). The trajectory is as follows: distinct rock influence, stripped down post-twee, fleshed-out arrangements with chamber folk leanings. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is firmly in the "stripped down" category with very occasional moments of backsliding into rock influences. In truth I cannot find it in myself to enjoy this sort of folk music, but they did an admirable job on the songs. Oh well! CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: There are much better and more notable millennial indie folk bullshit albums to have on the list, so no.