The simultaneous 2005 release of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn was accompanied by television and award-show appearances, officially marking Oberst's entry into stardom.
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is the more electric record while I'm Wide Awake It's Morning is the more personal of the two. 2005 will introduce many to Bright Eyes, and may shift music's focal point from the coasts to Omaha.