The Rise and Fall of Goodtown is a rollicking rock ‘n roll trip…it’s one of the year’s best albums.” – Jeff Jenkins, Music Australia Guide

Store some canned food in the basement, tie up your horses, and make your way underground 'cause Wagons release their fourth album, The Rise and Fall of Goodtown, this Friday 17 April via Spunk/EMI. And to celebrate its release, Wagons will be bringing The Goodtown Roadshow to a town near you.

Wagons will deliver an extravaganza worthy of any weather-beaten Vegas stage - or temporary pontoon on a boiling swamp - as they launch their fourth album across Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Launceston, Adelaide, and regional towns in between, throughout May, June and July.

Mixed and co-produced by electronic wunderkind Cornel Wilczek (Qua), The Rise and Fall of Goodtown is a ride through contrasting music territory that will both satisfy and confound expectation. Casting their net wider than ever before, Wagons move from songs covered in sweat from the nose pads of Roy Orbison's glasses, to the leafy stench only found in the late part of a Creedence gig, all the way to the heart-clutching of Cash's funeral balladry. Lead by the ever ominous presence and booming baritone of song writing mastermind, Henry Wagons, this will be an album launch tour like no other. The Goodtown Roadshow will be travelling around Australia throughout May, June and July… be sure to catch this rumblin' medicine show as it rolls into a town near you!