Album Review

Triggerfinger - All This Dancin' AroundTriggerfinger – All This Dancin’ Around

Triggerfinger are a three piece rock band from Belgium who formed way back in 2004 and in that time they have embarked on various sold out tours and also supported the likes of Within Temptation, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Thin Lizzy and various other artists and now they have just been added to support The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park this summer which could well become the experience of Triggerfingers career.

The band have released three studio albums and their third studio album ‘All This Dancin’ Around’ was originally released back in November 2010 where it went gold in their home country of Belgium but now Triggerfinger are ready to unleash the album in the UK and have bundled it with a few bonus tracks for the collectors out there.

‘All This Dancin’ Around’ features 12 tracks and 3 bonus tracks making up a massive 15 track album which runs for just over an hour, the feel of the album is grunge mixed with stoner rock with a bit of Muse and Queens Of The Stone Age thrown in for good measures, and it also happens to be one of those albums where you have to invest a bit of time in to get the most out of as ‘All This Dancin’ Around’ stands out for different reasons after each and every listen.

The album opens with the title track ‘All This Dancin’ Around’ a track which has the knack to stick in your head for weeks to come after just a couple of listens, the song is full of energy has a big catchy vibe and a chorus with more bounce than a pogo stick.

‘Let It Ride’ is another big powerful rock n roll track where the bass gives out a lot of bounce whilst Ruben Block shows off his diverse range of vocals throughout as the song flows to an overall upbeat pace.

‘Love Lost In Love’ opens with a wide variety of enjoyable soundscapes with Ruben Blocks vocals coming in moments later in a deep dark moody kind of way, as the song progresses everything speeds up with constant drum beats and thick guitar riffs and even Blocks vocals shifting in pace.

The opening of ‘I’m Coming For You’ reminds me very much of early Queens Of The Stone Age material and it is the bass lines from Paul Van Bruystegem which really sets the song off as he goes all out with big hooky basslines whilst Block sings at such a high pitch you are left wondering if there is anything he can’t vocally do.

‘All Night Long’ is the most diverse sounding song on the album as it opens in quite a spooky way and sticks to the same toned down distorted sound throughout, it is a brave song to put so early on in the album as I imagine a lot of people will switch off after a few minutes of this but if you stick it out there are rewards to be had within the likes of ‘Cherry’, ‘Tuxedo’ and ‘I Follow Rivers’ as the album progresses towards the end.

As mentioned above ‘All This Dancin’ Around’ is not an album that you will find yourself falling in love with straight away but if you give it your time then after a couple of listens you start to realise why the people of Belguim have been rating these guys for so long.

4/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Ruben Block
Mario Goossens
Monsieur Paul
 Track Listing
1. All This Dancin' Around
2. Let It Ride
3. Love Lost In Love
4. I'm Coming For You
5. All Night Long
6. Feed Me
7. Cherry
8. My Baby's Got A Gun
9. Without A Sound
10. Tuxedo
11. It Hasn't Gone Away
12. I Follow Rivers
13. Soon (Acoustic)
14. Love Lost In Love (Acoustic)
15. I Follow Rivers (Greg Gordon Mix)
 Band Related Links
Triggerfinger Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?