The intersection where cult stardom meets mainstream acceptance is a dangerous one, but it is one most artists can only hope to approach. It seems like Ascend is destined to be the big success that, in turn, allows Illenium to take more risks in the futur
TexiCali moves like two weathered souls standing on opposite ends of a desert and singing toward each other until their echoes collide. Alvin’s baritone and Gilmore’s high warble trade lines like old friends telling ghost stories.