The Viking in the Wilderness - reviews and news

(99:51; Falling Sea) Track list: - Chapter 1. Secret Towns 1. Gare du Nord 2:57 2. Periscope Forest 1:29 3. Discovery after Dark 3:19 4. Stranded Awake 2:49 5. Majesty of the Minute 5:55 6. Foot of the Carpathians 5:45 7. Up Jakupica 1:37 8. Hamstrung 1:07 9. Wheelhouse of Wonder (Welcome Home) 4:42 10. Epilogue 0:44 - Chapter 2. The Night Sea 1. De Lune Mécanique 1:51 2. Loss 1:37 3. The Storm Heaves in the Distance 4:48 4. Oak Island 3:05 5. Teufelssee Tower 5:56 6. Fine Day to Risk It All 3:27 7. On Old Delancey 1:49 8. Noguchi Beach 5:48 9. Turtle on the Moon 3:13 10. Epilogue 1:30 - Chapter 3. There Is No Path Back 1. Sellwood by Bicycle 1:44 2. Sunrise Market 3:26 3. View from a Llama 5:21 4. Sequel to a Memory 5:42 5. After the Whistle 2:22 6. Honey and Spirits 5:51 7. Bright Macedonia 1:12 8. Ladder of Damascus 3:17 9. Twilight Far 5:55 10. Epilogue 1:33 Line-up: Eric Pan - keyboards with: Nir Sabag - drums Hugo Reydet - bass C - Bass Chiriboga - drums Dean Torrey - bass US bas

(30:45; Pavement Entertainment) Track list: 1. Intro 0:40 2. Safe Zone 3:17 3. Dimples 2:31 4. Unborn 2:47 5. Never Say Never 4:29 6. Army of Women 2:39 7. Don't Come Knocking 2:51 8. In Her Honor 3:03 9. Do You Believe in Santa Claus  2:31 10. Grown Up 2:58 11. You Don't See Me 2:59 Line-up: Not stated US based artist Tarah Who? appears to have started out way back in 2011, and then based in France if what I can see of her old website on archive.org is accurate. The artist appear to be based in the US these days though, and have released a number of singles, EPs and albums since the initial start from more than a decade back. "The Last Chase" is the most recent studio production of Tarah Who?, and was released through the label Kurukulla Records and Pavement Entertainment in the fall of 2024. This is an album that has been filled with short, tight and sweet compositions that by and large come with a hard rock flavor. Not the kind of hard rock that gives up any distin