They are well known for their high-energy performances and have gained a small but die-hard following due to their intense touring and dynamic live show.

[7] Several press outlets have considered them one of the best modern live duos, with the Nashville Scene writing "No other band currently touring, let alone any duo, brings to the stage the same amount of passion and energy as this group, and no other band in recent memory can create such an enormous and incredibly engrossing sound with only two instruments.

It was during this time that the two managed an organic farm together in Singers Glen, VA. [12] They also spent each summer touring by bicycle with a group of other local artists and activists.

[20] It was mixed by Vance Powell and released on October 11, 2019 to positive reviews, with their single Better Than I Used To remaining on the AAA radio charts for several months.

[25][26] The Covid-19 Pandemic cut all touring and marketing efforts short at which point Illiterate Light left Atlantic Records to pursue an independent path.

Additionally they worked with producer Joe Chiccarelli at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, CA on featured tracks Blood Lines and All the Stars are Burning Out.

Music critic Consequence nominated Arches as one of the best albums of November 2024, citing "traces of Radiohead, Tame Impala, and There Is Nothing Left to Lose-era Foo Fighters.

[38] Illiterate Light was recently considered among the top rock bands to come out of the South by Garden and Gun Magazine.