Brighten

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Brighten is an indie rock band from Chico, California, consisting of Justin Richards (guitar, lead vocals), Alex Draper (bass, backing vocals), and Jimmy Richards (drums, percussion). 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. Queen, was released on Carbon Copy Media, without the band’s full knowledge.

Although the band has been playing together for nine years, they only formed a band in 2004. In high school, Brighten went by the name Sincerely Me, though after high school, due to minor conflict, they changed their name to Brighten.

They independently released their debut EP, Ready When You Are, on November 9, 2005. The EP was extremely well-received by critics, and has since sold out.
In 2006, Victory Records sued Carbon Copy Media, and in the resulting turn of events Brighten’s debut album, King vs. Queen, could not be released. After selling a 9-track version independently at their concerts, Brighten discovered in March 2007 that the album had in fact been released.
In June 2007, Brighten began a tour with Hawthorne Heights.
Brighten has played concerts with many bands such as; From First to Last, Taking Back Sunday, Number One Gun, The Junior Varsity, Lydia, Waking Ashland, Eisley, and This Holiday Life.
Brighten is represented by Tim Kirch and Tanner Radcliffe at Sound The Music Management.
In 2008 the bands drummer Jimmy raised enough money to travel to Africa and minister African children. Jimmy has said that he will return to the band and play drums when he gets back to America.

1	Ready When You Are	207
2	Treasure Island	196
3	More Vacations	186
4	We Chose The King	157
5	Single Millionaires	154
6	Television	137
7	Love On My Mind	130
8	The Better Way	129
8	Easy To Fall In Love	129
8	Carolina	129
11	We Are Birds	123
12	No Pigeons	111
12	Cops and Robbers	111
14	Friends For Lovers	104
15	Darling Nicotine	90

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King Vs Queen
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omgdraincleaner wrote:
Monday morning

:D

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ihateonions wrote:
Sunday evening

<333

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falloftroys wrote:
8 days ago

The new EP is so wonderful.

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Armor42 wrote:
13 days ago

Brighten's music sounds beautiful. Too bad "Jesus" is posted all over their myspace. Oh well.

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TAYLORR7 wrote:
13 days ago

(:

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thesummerriot wrote:
15 days ago

a beautiful band! i love them to death!! but were can i find there stuff?? you can only go on myspace so many times...haha or does anyone have they're song that they could e-mail me??

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KyleAMTHEFURY wrote:
15 days ago

for all the n00bs.. that "leaked" EP is only half of the real thing.

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Ryemac20 wrote:
20 days ago

Swift

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amyho wrote:
21 days ago

New EP leaked, it's amazing! And I don't like how 'Brighten' is just 'Justin' now.

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kelchm wrote:
last month

I like it.

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KyleAMTHEFURY wrote:
last month

brokeeeeeeee

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whenkaciattacks wrote:
June 2008

i love these guys.

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nicolemalena wrote:
June 2008

Why are they not on iTunes?

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HEARTBEATxRACER wrote:
May 2008

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah freakin awsome songs<3

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rainbowveins_xx wrote:
May 2008

<33 Amazinggg.! xxx

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britttttttttty wrote:
May 2008

<3

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leftxside wrote:
May 2008

itunes/amazon.com or i can send some to you if you want.

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icedteaBREEBREE wrote:
May 2008

where can i download these guys?

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nevillez wrote:
April 2008

their PUNK GOES CRUNK song, No Pigeon is freaking awesome.

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CollectToNYC wrote:
April 2008

hahahahaha.that was really funny glory_us

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