King vs. Queen is the debut album of indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 group Brighten

Brighten

Brighten is a pop rock band from Chico, California, consisting of brothers Justin and Jimmy Richards, and Alex Draper . The band has recently been on tour with This Providence, Cute Is What We Aim For, Eisley, and All Time Low. In 2007, their debut album, King vs...

, released on March 20, 2007.

Overview

The album was originally slated for a fall 2006 release, but was pushed back. However, before the album's intended release, Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 sued Carbon Copy Media

Carbon Copy Media

Carbon Copy Media was an Ohio-based independent record label, clothing company, and video production company founded by singer JT Woodruff of the rock band Hawthorne Heights. The label consisted of local bands in the Dayton, Ohio area...

 (Brighten's then-current label). As a result of this, Brighten decided to go independent from Victory. On March 20, 2007, King vs. Queen was released to retail stores across the US without the band's knowledge, due to the printing of thousands of CDs by Carbon Copy Media prior to the lawsuit. Once Brighten was made aware of this, the CD was withdrawn from stores. Only a limited number of these CDs are now available.

This CD includes re-recorded songs from the EP Ready When You Are, "Ready When You Are" and "Television".

Original version

1. "More Vacations" – 2:00
2. "A Heart Like That" – 2:13
3. "Ready When You Are" – 3:30
4. "Treasure Island" – 2:57
5. "Mr. Mister" – 2:54
6. "Darling Nicotine" – 4:43
7. "The Better Way" – 3:48
8. "Single Millionaires" –2:33
9. "We Chose the King" – 3:20
10. "Television" – 4:21
11. "Cops and Robbers" – 3:05
12. "Why Oh Why" – 4:52

Independent release

Following the band's fallout with Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

and the album's withdrawal from stores, they decided to release a shorter version independently, selling it at concerts and later online at SmartPunk. This version features slightly different artwork and only 9 tracks. The track listing is as follows:

1. "More Vacations" – 2:00
2. "Ready When You Are" – 3:30
3. "Treasure Island" – 2:57
4. "Darling Nicotine" – 4:43
5. "The Better Way" – 3:48
6. "We Chose the King" – 3:20
7. "Television" – 4:21
8. "Cops and Robbers" – 3:05
9. "Why Oh Why" – 4:52

External links

• Official Brighten Myspace