Alas, there is no street beef between the bands U.S. Royalty and American Royalty. There are only questions: Which band is more regal? Which one best represents the U.S. of A.? Sadly, this AWESOMELY EXCLUSIVE CHART doesn’t help much:
| HOMETOWN | |
| D.C. | L.A. |
| MUSICAL STYLE | |
| Slightly tarnished AM gold with literary aspirations |
Mildly eccentric indie-electro with pop tendencies |
| MOST RECENT RELEASE | |
| Mirrors LP | Matchstick EP (out Feb. 14) |
| WHAT ELSE HAVE THEY DONE LATELY? | |
| Daytrotter session | Video for the song “Matchstick” |
| PRIMARY VICE | |
| Fashion | Techno |
| UNSCIENTIFICALLY COLLECTED BLOG QUOTE | |
| “Unlike some albums where I feel one emotion or another when the last notes fade, after listening to Mirrors I simply feel satisfied.” —Music Bleep | “… the music doesn’t sound like something that would go over well on a Martha’s Vineyard vacation and that’s a good thing.” —Potholes In My Blog |
| SAMPLE LYRIC | |
| “They offered me their finest wine/We danced and drank to pass the time” (“Equestrian”) | “Don’t you/Try to tell me/What I already know/Yeah” (“Levrolution”) |
| POTENTIAL ADVANTAGE IN A BACKSTAGE ALTERCATION | |
| U.S. Royalty has four members, American Royalty has only two or three | A peace offering of medicinal Venice Beach nugs? |
| ON-THE-RECORD STATEMENT ABOUT THE OTHER BAND | |
| The band was asked for a comment, but so far has not provided one. | “We think it’s a funny co-incidence, and it’s come up before recently as we’ve both begun to garner national buzz. We think they’re a great band and respect what they’re doing even though we’ve got really different sounds.” |
| ODDS OF STARTING A STREET BEEF WITH THE OTHER ‘ROYALTY’ BAND | |
| 1,000 to 1 | nil, dude |