Illiterate Light
Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom & Other Side
2637 Welton St
Denver, CO 80205
Aug 17, 2024
8:00 PM MDT
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Maria
May 10th 2024
Powerful performance as usual. If you love rock go see these guys. I love em and can't get enough of them.
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Cervantes’ has two rooms that offer live music simultaneously, Cervantes’ and The Other Side. Each room operates independently of the other but they are connected giving ...
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Illiterate Light Biography
Illiterate Light thrives on subverting expectations. Though just a duo, the Virginia duo makes surprisingly pummeling and thoughtful alternative rock. Since the band’s
2015 inception, they’ve intently focused on their unorthodox live show with Cochran standing
behind his kit and Gorman playing synth bass with his foot as he sings and strums his guitar.
Fiercely egalitarian and independent, the two not only split up 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 album Sunburned, out January 27 via Thirty Tigers, Gorman and Cochran
have 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
revolutionize the band’s approach to making music. There are rich keyboard and programmed
percussion textures now populating their songs, as well as soaringly anthemic choruses, and
hefty doses of fuzz. “On our first record, we were very live-focused and wanted to make sure
whatever we were writing was translated in person,” says Gorman. “Without that crutch, we
could be more adventurous and take more risks. We definitely weren’t timid in the studio.”
Read More2015 inception, they’ve intently focused on their unorthodox live show with Cochran standing
behind his kit and Gorman playing synth bass with his foot as he sings and strums his guitar.
Fiercely egalitarian and independent, the two not only split up 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 album Sunburned, out January 27 via Thirty Tigers, Gorman and Cochran
have 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
revolutionize the band’s approach to making music. There are rich keyboard and programmed
percussion textures now populating their songs, as well as soaringly anthemic choruses, and
hefty doses of fuzz. “On our first record, we were very live-focused and wanted to make sure
whatever we were writing was translated in person,” says Gorman. “Without that crutch, we
could be more adventurous and take more risks. We definitely weren’t timid in the studio.”
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