 
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
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