Vaughan's debut album The Triumphant has been released to critical acclaim with Kerrang! magazine awarding it 4 out of 5 and drawing comparisons with Jeff Buckley. The Triumphant was also described as "being one of this years best kept secrets" whilst Rock Sound magazine depict him "as beautiful, deep and dangerous as a frosty river on a moonlit winter's night." R2 (Rock'n'Reel) also awarded him 4 out of 5, describing The Triumphant as "Perfect and Beautiful....a decadent piece of work."
The first single taken from the album was The Forgiven And The Forgotten, accompanied by a remix of the song by Bigo & Twigetti and a live video which was shot at the Camden Barfly (club) in London, UK.
The second single, This Empty Landfill, has cover artwork depicting Vaughan King as the legendary Russian mad monk Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin. The B -Side was a remix of the album track Two Souls, remixed by the artist HWH. The single received glowing praise, with Subba Cultcha describing it as a "stirring, soulfully constructed mix of Nick Drake 's despair and Damien Rice's melodic bite."
The final release from The Triumphant was a Double-A Side featuring Two Souls and the bonus track End to End on 22 June 2009, it coincided with the Deluxe Release of the album on Monday 6 July 2009.
Vaughan also featured and was interviewed on BBC Radio, on The Steve Scruton show, which is presented by Steve Scruton, on August 13, 2008.
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