Grateful Cat - Ready to go anywhere (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. When our World disappears
02. Hey, Food Delivery Guy
03. Another Team Bride
04. Jesus on her Toast
05. Summer's gone, it's over
06. Don't spread the Hate
07. Bartender at a Comedy Club
08. Slow moving Crowds
09. Columbo
10. Full Moon Baby
11. I'm not coming in on a Sunday
12. Under the Cat

That’s the question GRATEFUL CAT ask on their new album Ready to Go Anywhere – a charming invitation to navigate the chaos of the present with humor and attitude.

Gwendolin Tägert and Franky Fuzz spin this tension into twelve sparkling indie-folk-pop gems. Everyday absurdities collide with biting social critique, intimate snapshots meet end-of-the-world anxieties. And hovering above it all is the question of “where to?” – existentially and quite literally, as the duo encounters surreal obstacles along the way: kamikaze delivery riders, tipsy hen parties on Penny Lane, painfully slow-moving crowds, and finally the ultimate boss-level enemy of productivity – the cat asleep on your lap.

But the album also peers into the digital twilight, the slow and sorrowful fading of democracy, and how we cope with it. With GRATEFUL CAT you can just as easily escape into divine breakfast visions, or your favourite TV series, as you can sing back to the world the album’s clear and kindly mantra: Don’t spread the Hate!

It’s this balance between the personal and the political, between lightness and depth, that makes Ready to Go Anywhere a pop diary of our times – sometimes thoughtful, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, but always marked by the warm intimacy that defines GRATEFUL CAT.

That warmth carries through their sound, too. Drawing from a palette that stretches from ’60s folk to ’90s power pop, from country to bossa nova, Gwendolin and Franky show a special flair for harmonies and organic arrangements. And they are true DIY nerds: just like their debut Stray With Me, the new songs were written and recorded together in a creaky old kitchen in Kreuzberg, where melodies flow as easily as wine spritzers and the intimacy naturally turns into a feel-good sound. You can almost picture Brian Wilson and The Byrds pulling up a chair to join the chorus. Vocal harmonies are their trademark: Gwendolin’s clear, girlish voice and Franky’s harmonies complement one another beautifully, trading leads as if Kim Deal and Jonathan Richman had started a band together.

Wherever this world is heading, the key for all of us is harmony, community, and openness to what comes next. Borrowed from Bob Dylan’s Tambourine Man, the album title doubles as the band’s motto: Grateful Cat are ready to go anywhere.

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