Four records in and Wagons have well and truly hit their stride. On the new album The Rise And Fall Of Goodtown they have, in 33 minutes, captured the essence of what real country and soul music is all about. The wide open spaces, love won and lost, death, God and Satan.

From the retro-Western artwork, with its sepia tinged images of communal country life and long haired rural girls, to the clashes of country and gothic rock, this is an ambitious project. One that in greedier hands would have been granted a more generous running time and overblown themes. Henry Wagons has the good editing ear to bring the cows home early and the record benefits greatly.

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