Fantastic Cat Commit to the Bit with new album and video featuring Adam Duritz

The fantastic cat must have kompromat over Adam Duritz and DMC. For some reason, the Counting Crows frontman and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rapper appear in the music video for the band's video for “So Glad You Made It.” The end result is, in typical Fantastic Cat fashion, a shrill scream, complete with terrifying one-liners and an “app” that allows the group to sing like Duritz (spoiler: he actually lends his voice to the song).

“So Glad You Made It” appears on Fantastic Cat's new album Now that's what I call a Fantasy Catthe follow-up to their 2022 debut The Very Best of Fantastic Cat. Out today, the album is the group's first collaborative effort at songwriting: Their debut was a mix of material that each member — Brian Dunne, Don DiLego, Anthony D'Amato and Mike Montali — individually brought to the band.

On Thursday, Fantastic Cat hosted a listening party that doubled as a pet adoption drive to benefit Animal Care Centers of New York. “A lot of people said we couldn't do a second album, or rather that we it should not do a second album,” D'Amato said in a statement. “They turned out to be right, but at least we helped a few cats in the process.”

Fantastic Cat kick off their tour in support Now What I Call Fantasy Cat with a headlining show at Brooklyn Made on Friday night. They will appear on Saturday CBS Saturday morningtheir final television appearance after a white suit affair on New York station WPIX earlier this week.

Fantastic Cat tour Dates:
June 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Made
June 8 – Amagansett, NY @ Stephen Talkhouse
June 9 – Red Bank, NJ @ Jack's Music Shoppe – Acoustic In-Store
June 12 – Hershey, PA @ The Englewood
June 13 – Hagerstown, MD @ Hub City Vinyl
June 14 – Charlottesville@, VA @ The Southern
June 15 – Asheville, NC @ Pisgah Brewing Co
June 16 – Decatur, GA @ Eddie's Attic
June 18 – Elkton, MD @ Elkton Music Hall
June 19 – Wayne, PA @ 118 North
June 20 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
June 21 – Greenfield, MA @ Green River festival
June 23 – Charleston, WV @ Mountain Stage
June 27 – Pawtucket, RI @ The Met
June 28 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
June 29 – Katonah, NY @ American Roots Music festival
August 2-3 – Appleton, WI @ Mile of Music
August 6 – Bethlehem, PA @ Bethlehem Musikfest
August 7 – Woodbridge, NJ @ Woodbridge Summer Concert Series
August 8 – Cumberland, MD @ Levitt AMP
August 10 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Caffe Lena
August 13 – Exton, PA @ Eagleview
August 14 – Washington, DC @ The Hamilton
August 25 – Chesterfield, MO @ Break Room
August 26 – Chicago, IL @ City Winery
August 27 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
August 28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
August 29 – Cleveland, OH @ Music Box
September 27-29 – Sisters, OR @ Sisters Folk festival