Early Love (Brighten EP)

Brighten
Brighten playing a live show.
Background information
Origin	Chico, California, USA
Genres	Pop rock, Indie Rock Alternative country Alternative rock
Years active	2004 – present
Labels	Major, Action Theory Records
Associated acts	Fog Breathers, A Rocket to the Moon, Austin Gibbs and the States, Dan + Shay
Website	http://www.myspace.com/wearebrighten
Members	Justin Richards Alex Draper Jimmy Richards

Brighten is a pop rock band from Chico, California, consisting of brothers Justin (guitar, lead vocals) and Jimmy (drums) Richards, and Alex Draper (bass, backing vocals). 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 shared the stage with: The Maine, From First to Last, Taking Back Sunday, Number One Gun, The Junior Varsity, Lydia, Waking Ashland, Eisley, This Holiday Life, and more.

Brighten is represented by Tim Kirch and Tanner Radcliffe at Eighty One Twenty Three Management.