After six years away from the spotlight, Belgian rock titans Triggerfinger are roaring back with their brand-new single ‘Stars’, out now via Sony Music / Hufter. Alongside the release, the band has unveiled plans for a 24-date European tour, marking the start of an electrifying new chapter in their two-decade career.
Fronted by Ruben Block (vocals, guitar) and Mario Goossens (drums, vocals), with celebrated guitarist Geoffrey Burton (Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Misia) joining them live, Triggerfinger return with the hunger and swagger that made them one of Europe’s most explosive stage acts. Razorsharp songwriting and an insatiable sene of energy give ‘Stars’ a stylistic flair.
Over the years, the Antwerp trio have carved out an enviable legacy: opening for The Rolling Stones at the Brussels Summer Festival, touring with Thin Lizzy in 2012, and storming the charts with their surprise hit cover of Lykke Li’s ‘I Follow Rivers’. By 2019, the band had capped off their Colossus tour and announced a sabbatical after 20 relentless years on the road. That break extended longer than expected with the pandemic and the departure of longtime bassist Monsieur Paul.
The new single channels that sense of energy urgency into a reinvigorated sound. Driven by punching drums, gritty, infectious guitar riffs, and Block’s unmistakable vocals, the track fuses radio-ready melodies with psychedelic flourishes and s radiant sense of musicality. Anthemic yet affirmingly raw and creative the track is distillation Triggerfingers sound, which is hammered home by the fuzzy, swirling breakdown at the tracks finale
The band explains: “This song is basically about hope, I wanted to talk about intergenerational differences. How every younger generation needs to find their own way, navigating through everyday life, find a purpose, regardless of what other generations think. Where it might be easy to highlight what we don’t understand and regard it as the wrong way to go, I thought it more interesting to write an encouraging song, putting some trust in younger people, even if they chose different paths and ways to walk them, even if we don’t always understand or agree with them.
The lyric could also work in the other direction, looking from an adolescent point of view to an older generation”
With more than 20 years of music behind them, Triggerfinger prove they are not simply revisiting old ground but evolving. ‘Stars’ is both a statement of intent and a reminder of the adrenaline that has always defined the band.
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