All I Know – Stiletto Nightmare

Releasedate:   01-08-2024
Label: Juvenille Records

The Belgian eighties-lovers All I Know kept silence over decade after their debut Vanity Kills. This year they came with four-tracks Stiletto Nightmare EP and new line-up.

Being a fan of sleaze and hair metal with slight of pop rock, I’m absolutely impressed and regretful at the same time. The first reason Stiletto Nightmare is mind-blowing, the second – there are only three original tracks.

Truth is, the only thing that I truly knows is that I know nothing about the band. The standard investigation, that includes surfing the web, reading some reviews and listening interview, made the thing clearer but it helped a little.

As I said, we have three tracks with the main 80s theme of limitless female attractiveness. The opener “(Can’t Get You) Outta My Head” is technically rearranged old material. The down-pouring melody invites you to the romantic story. The combination of keyboards and echoing backing vocals makes almost ideal formula to please the ears. The sticky “As Long As The Night Goes On” fits it well. My personal fav is “Playin’ With Fire”, very new one written with new line up. If you only mind bygone “she’s a maniac”, then “she’s dangerous” will be kind of trigger. The band decide not make track harder with whirring guitars and let most of work to the keyboards (don’t worry, the crying guitar solo here as well). Finishing the review, just mention that the fourth track is Bryan Adams “Hidin’ From Love” cover. It speaks itself.

All I Know did a good work and showed the potential to make something bigger and deeper. All ears in 2025 to long-played record. Make it happen.

Line up:

• Ward Dufraimont – Vocals/Guitar
• Veerle Vanrysselberghe – Vocals/Percussion
• Joe Reece – Guitar
• Poncho – Keyboards
• James De Jonghe – Bass
• Kaptain Kurtis – Drums/Vocals

Tracklist

1. (Can’t Get You) Outta My Head
2. As Long As The Night Goes On
3. Playin’ With Fire
4. Hidin’ From Love (B. Adams cover)

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