The Very Best of Fantastic Cat

by Fantastic Cat

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1.	C'mon Armageddon 03:17	buy track
2.	New Year's Day 03:11	buy track
3.	Nobody's Coming To Get You 04:03	buy track
4.	Wild & Free 03:45	buy track
5.	Fiona 05:11	buy track
6.	Amigo 03:32	buy track
7.	The Gig 02:48	buy track
8.	Ain't This The Strangest Town 04:27	buy track
9.	Lakewood 03:22	buy track
10.	Theme From Fantastic Cat 04:03	buy track

about

They said it couldn’t be done. Four different songwriters joining forces to form a single band? There was simply no precedent (outside of CSNY, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, The Highwaymen, Monsters of Folk, etc). And yet Fantastic Cat did it anyway, defying the odds and teaming up to record an album that gleefully careens between genres and decades, mixing electrified 60’s folk and 70’s AM radio gold as it balances careful craftsmanship and ecstatic abandon in equal measure.

Individually, each member of Fantastic Cat boasts their own impressive resume along with a litany of critical acclaim. The Guardian dubbed Don DiLego “one to watch.” NPR said Anthony D’Amato “sings and writes in the tradition of Bruce Springsteen or Josh Ritter.” Rolling Stone called Brian Dunne’s latest single a “stunner” and praised Mike Montali’s band, Hollis Brown, as “the soundtrack for a late-night drive through the American heartland.” Collectively, though, the four transcend their respective roots, emerging as an instrument-swapping, harmony-trading, tear-jerking, wise-cracking rock and roll cooperative far greater than the sum of its parts.

They say some cats are born Fantastic; others have fantasy thrust upon them. These guys are somewhere in the middle.

credits

released July 29, 2022

All songs written by Fantastic Cat.

Band:
Anthony D’Amato
Don DiLego
Brian Dunne
Mike Montali

All instruments played by Fantastic Cat, except:

Additional Musicians:
Michael Hesslein - piano and keys
Tyler Rigdon - piano and wurly
Randy Schrager - drums on New Years Day, Nobody’s Coming To Get You, Amigo, Lakewood
Andrew Zehnal - drums on Fiona

Executive Producer Joe Poletto
Produced by Fantastic Cat
Engineered by Don DiLego
Contributing Engineers: Merle Chornuk, Tyler Rigdon
Mixed by Don DiLego
Mastered by Mike Rogers at LeSonic
Recorded at Velvet Elk Studios and Atomic Sound

Photography by Shervin Laine
Illustration by Jane Beaird / Anthony D’Amato
Packaging by Jason Lee Denton

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Fantastic Cat New York, New York

shows

Apr 20

Kessler Theater

Dallas, TX
Apr 21

The Heights

Houston, TX
Apr 23

Antone's Nightclub

Austin, TX
Apr 24

Antone's Nightclub

Austin, TX
Apr 27

The Overlook

Lowell, MA
May 2

The Garden Club, Wild Heaven Beer - West End

Atlanta, GA
May 24

La Foret Conference & Retreat Center

Colorado Springs, CO
May 24

Roots Music Project

Boulder, CO
May 26

Globe Hall

Denver, CO
Jun 7

Brooklyn Made

Brooklyn, NY
Jun 8

The Stephen Talkhouse

Amagansett, NY
Jun 12

The Englewood

Hummelstown, PA
Jun 13

hub city vinyl

Hagerstown, MD
Jun 14

The Southern Cafe & Music Hall

Charlottesville, VA
Jun 15

Pisgah Brewing Company

Black Mountain, NC
Jun 16

Eddie's Attic

Decatur, GA
Jun 18

Elkton Music Hall

Elkton, MD
Jun 19

118 North

Wayne, PA
Jun 20

The Sinclair

Cambridge, MA
Jun 21

Franklin County Fairgrounds

Greenfield, MA
Jun 27

The Met

Pawtucket, RI
Jun 28

Higher Ground

South Burlington, VT
Jun 29

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts‎

Katonah, NY
Aug 7

Parker Press Park

Woodbridge, NJ
Aug 10

Caffe Lena

Saratoga Springs, NY
Aug 14

The Hamilton Live

Washington, DC
Jan 26

The Rock Boat XXIV

Miami, FL

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