The Virginia duo Illiterate Light have been making music together for a decade: starting from humble pastoral beginnings making music while working on a farm in the Shenandoah Valle, to their latest album Arches, which saw the band splitting time between Ohio and Hollywood’s Sunset Sound, a room formerly graced by Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney with producer Joe Chiccarelli, who totes the Strokes and Beck on his CV.
In the six years since their debut album, Illiterate Light has only continued to make music that fits their headspace, whether that takes the form of something more psychedelic or garage rock. And Arches is their most live-feeling album to date, infusing the studio with the raucous, chaotic energy brought to their shows by their fans. It’s truly a love letter to them.
That energy can be experienced tonight in person at Mohawk on Red River with Philadelphia’s Caioga.
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