Appalooza vocalist and guitarist Wild Horse released dark country/folk rock solo debut album »Shewolf«

Appalooza vocalist and guitarist Wild Horse presents the debut album »Shewolf« of his dark country/folk rock solo project, which was just released on February 20th, 2026.

Tracklist:
01. Wild Horse
02. Shewolf
03. The Craven
04. Fellow Travelers
05. Haunting Thoughts
06. Run Baby Run
07. The Wolf March
08. Birthing
09. The Bullet Was Never Used

Wild Horse is the free gallop of a return to roots.

After making the amps roar as the lead singer and guitarist of the heavy rock band Appalooza, he now hits the road solo, carried by a more intimate breath.

Through this folk-rock project, infused with country dust and echoes of the ’90s, he traces the path back to where riffs meet wide open spaces. Wild Horse is a wild drift, somewhere between melancholy and quiet rebellion.

The Wild Horse’s debut album »Shewolf« is out now! An album written over four years as an intimate letter from a parent to their child. Balancing wildness and tenderness, it explores freedom, abandonment, marginality, and the fear of passing down one’s own wounds.

Order the album on CD/vinyl here: wildhorsetunes.bandcamp.com

Photo credits: Yohan Milo

From »Wild Horse«, a cry of independence and refusal to conform, to »Shewolf«, a powerful, solitary female figure who refuses to be tamed, the album asserts an untamable identity. With »The Craven«, it confronts the pain of abandonment and the emotional armor we build to avoid suffering again.

»Fellow Travelers« brings light: move forward, dream, heal, without forgetting one another.

But »Haunting Thoughts« dives back into the inner struggle: buried traumas resurfacing at the birth of a child, old wounds reopening, the demon once believed to be mastered returning to haunt the mind. It is the fear of passing on darkness despite immense love, whispering to the one you love, »Run Baby Run«, as a desperate act of protection, pushing her away to keep her safe when you’re not yet sure you’ve healed.

»The Wolf March« turns solitude into a collective procession, where lost souls find a shared path. »Birthing«, an organic and visceral instrumental, symbolizes childbirth, passage, pain, breath, emergence, the moment everything shifts and love becomes tangible.

Finally, »The Bullet Was Never Used« closes the journey with a promise: inherited violence is not destiny. The bullet was never fired, and love can break the cycle.

»Shewolf« is a raw and vulnerable record an imperfect yet courageous declaration of love: remain wild, but choose to protect.

Credits:
All instruments, music, lyrics and artwork by Wild Horse.
Recording, engineering and mixing at Wildhorse Studio.
Mastering by Arhur Lauth at Brown Bear Recording.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well