Illiterate Light
Thursday, July 11th
Doors 7 / Show 8
$18 Advanced / $20 Day of Show
21+
Illiterate Light thrives on subverting expectations. Though just a duo, singer-guitarist JeffGorman and drummer Jake Cochran make surprisingly pummeling and catchy alternativerock. Since the band’s 2015 inception, they’ve intently focused on their unorthodox liveshow with Cochran standing behind his kit and Gorman playing synth bass with his foot ashe sings and strums his guitar. Fiercely egalitarian and independent, the two not only splitup songwriting duties and arrangement ideas, they even built bike-powered stages:bringing the fans into the live experience and envisioning a greener future for shows.But with their latest albumSunburned, out January 27 via Thirty Tigers, Gorman and Cochranhave turned their attention inward to their songwriting and studio craft. It’s their most fully-realized and ambitious LP yet, one that’s full of immediate songs that update and revolutionizethe band’s approach to making music. There are rich keyboard and programmed percussiontextures now populating their songs, as well as soaringly anthemic choruses, and hefty dosesof fuzz. “On our first record, we were very live-focused and wanted to make sure whatever wewere writing was translated in person,” says Gorman. “Without that crutch, we could be moreadventurous and take more risks. We definitely weren’t timid in the studio.
