Henry Wagons has today unleashed his killer third solo album, South of Everywhere.   As Australia’s own master of Oz Indie-Country, Wagons’ has a knack for pulling you right into his world of impressive storytelling and songs – and if the airplay & rave reviews are anything to go by, this new album sees Henry at his very best.

Featuring the infectious Cosmic Country-rock jam of (Don’t Be) Down and Out & recent radio hit Felix Granger The Finger Pickin’ Boy (ft. Chris Cheney), you’ll also hear Henry delving deep with the gut-wrenching follow-up single, I Don’t Know When It Is I’m Gonna Die.

South of Everywhere is Henry’s first solo album since his acclaimed and award-winning 2016 release, “After What I Did Last Night”, which was recorded with some of his favourite musicians in Nashville. Though still very much inspired by the American Outlaw Country greats, this new offering has a much more hometown flavour. Henry plays a vast majority of the instruments on the album himself but also enlists a few of his favourite local gunslingers to round things out, such as Chris Cheney (The Living End), Katie Brianna, Hannah Crofts (All Our Exes Live in Texas) and Lachlan Bryan.

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Rounding out the record are a couple of high-flying international collaborations. Cover My Eyes sees the unlikely teaming with renowned hip-hop/pop song-master Mr. Hudson (John Legend, Kanye West) for a tune that channels the darkest depths of a life lived on and off the stage. While Just Another Day on the Run is a breezy West Coast gem, co-written with both producer Matt “Linny” Linesch (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) and Lachlan Bryan and sees Henry, struggling with leaving his family and jet-setting across the Pacific on his first trip to the US in years.

Not to be overlooked is Henry’s stompin’ take on the ever-increasingly relevant Bob Dylan hidden gem Everything is Broken and the fond and slightly hazy farewell jaunt that is It’s Time to Go Joe.