limited acoustic cdep with an 8 page booklet on martha's music /reprise. 'american gothic' collates four exclusive new tracks that were recorded in pass studio in los angeles when the band were taking a break from touring. produced by billy corgan and jimmy chamberlin (with one track co-produced by roy thomas baker), the ep features the songs 'the rose march', 'pox', 'again again again (the crux)' and 'sunkissed'. "we have always regretted not recording more in between tours because albums have never caught the full story of the group...it's sort of 'zeitgeist' plus," said corgan of 'american gothic', the title of which is "continued comment on the state of our country".