From tending to their organic crops, to touring the southeast states by bicycle, alternative-rock duo Illiterate Light present their self-titled major label debut release. The album features melodic highlights like “Sometimes Love Takes So Long” – produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Kings of Leon, Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson) and “Better Than I Used To” – produced by Adrian Olsen (Foxygen, Futurebirds, Natalie Prass), and also guitar heavy tracks like “Existential Crisis” and “Carolina Lorelei” – which NPR named on their Best Songs of 2019 (So Far) List.
Tracklist
- In the Ground (4:30)
- Carolina Lorelei (3:30)
- Better Than I Used To (4:17)
- I Wanna Leave America (3:12)
- Existential Crisis (3:14)
- Wish I Didn’t Have Any Problems (3:06)
- Without Walls (2:43)
- Sometimes Love Takes So Long (3:40)
- Vacant Lover (3:40)
- Here Lie the Bones of My Favorite Car (2:39)
- Nuthin’s Fair (3:28)
- American Boy (6:04)

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