​Fantastic Cat (Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat

​Fantastic Cat (Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat

As anyone who has spent more than a minute with bands has noticed, from first-gig to stadium shows, reaching a mutual decision between members can be daunting. This is especially true for lead singers who are required to put down the tambourine and microphone case they carry into venues during load-in to think about answers to questions. Fantastic Cat plays host to four lead singers, Anthony D’Amato, Brian Dunne, Don DiLego, and Mike Montali. To ease any in-fighting or resentments, the band has chosen album titles are appealing in simplicity, though each title comes complete with a wink and a sly smile. The debut release from the band of multi-instrumentalists, 2022’s The Very Best of Fantastic Cat, was followed in 2024 with Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat. Keeping in theme, and squelching any possible complaints, Fantastic Cat has a recent release titled, Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat (Deluxe Edition).
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For their deluxe edition status, the band includes all the tracks from NTWICFC v1, and adds an acoustic version with, “Later On – Spayed and Neutered” and a live version of “The Hammer and The Nail”, with its classic hook line: ‘sometimes you’re the hammer and sometimes you’re the nail; lately I just keep on getting screwed’. In addition, two outtakes from the session, “Goodnight My Darling” and “Sometimes Things Never Change” are a part of the package. For the recording of “Goodnight My Darling”, DonDiLego recalls that the cut ‘was written for a band that didn’t exist yet. I always had a vision for a collaborative project like this with other songwriters, where everyone could add their creative stamp to the songs. I think we rehearsed this one a couple times and then recorded it our very first day in the studio, and you can hear us already starting to click. Somewhat mysteriously and serendipitously, the tapes for this track disappeared or got erased, so what you hear on the recording is exactly what we did in the studio that day. We never really got to go back and “fix” anything. Thank God’. 
The tracks on NTWICFCNTWICFC mirror its namesake, and sound as good as on the 2024 release. Fantastic Cat roar into the album with first cut “Oh, Man!”, shrugging for the whatever-story of “I Don’t Know Why” and admit “Sometimes Your Heroes Let You Down” as the band hammer a beat into the admissions of “All My Fault”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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