All Hail West Texas HOLIDAY24 Over the course of these

Over the course of these eight bile-rich pieces a sonic abattoir is erected

this reissue adds 3 unreleased bonus tracks recorded during the same period

a guitar pick and more-and the packaging is wrapped in Fender replica guitar-case material

It all began in late 2009

All Hail West Texas HOLIDAY24 Over the course of theseThe last of the "all home recordings albums" by The Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail West Texas was originally released as a free standing compact disc on the late, lamented Emperor Jones. That was about a decade ago. The songs were originally transferred from the cassettes onto which they were recorded to 1 4" reels at Tiny Telephone by Alex Newport, who also played in Fudge Tunnel. John got really excited when