To mark twenty years since the release of Bright Eyes Im Wide Awake, Its Morning, Joel Harkin will be joined by a seven-piece band and special guests to perform the classic album in its entirety. Just as resonant now as they were in 2005, Conor Obersts sprawling lyrics on Im Wide Awake, Its Morning explore perennial themes of isolation, nihilism, American imperialism, and that last stubbornly inextinguishable spark of hope. Sonically, the album charts a course through popular music from Beethoven, to the vigour of 1960s protest songs, to desolate country of the 1970s, and on through the alternative music of the 1990s and 2000s. This talented collection of friends and collaborators will faithfully recreate these ten songs about being very young and feeling very old. Joel Harkin is a musician from Convoy, Co. Donegal who has made a home for himself in Belfasts music scene. He has loved Bright Eyes for half of his life so far. Hes been looking forward to this for ages. Lets fck it up, boys. Make some noise!