In late 2007, he formed Vaughan King and his Riff Raff, initially consisting of two cellists, a double bass player, drums, and guitars.
[6] The Triumphant was also described as "being one of this year's best-kept secrets,"[7] while Rock Sound magazine depicted him as "as beautiful, deep and dangerous as a frosty river on a moonlit winter's night.
"[9] The first single from the album was "The Forgiven and the Forgotten", accompanied by a remix of the song by Bigo & Twigetti and a live video shot at Camden's Barfly.
The second single, "This Empty Landfill", has cover artwork depicting Vaughan King as the Russian monk Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin.
The single received praise, with Subba Cultcha describing it as a "stirring, soulfully constructed mix of Nick Drake's despair and Damien Rice's melodic bite.