Recently, you might have been sucked into another viral campaign fanfaring “Cat Heaven.” It seemed to have some mysterious connection to Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, the Matches and Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack. 
Well the mystery is over. The Keys to Cat Heaven is the name of the new album from pop quintet This Is My Suitcase. A few years ago, you might remember their lo-fi gem of a MCS cover where they turned a Motion City song into a Thanksgiving song.
Their album The Keys to Cat Heaven is available now. Check out the title track:
.“Welcome to Cat Heaven”
Oh and for those of you who did see the viral campaign and were curious of the following:
I SAW WELCOMETOCATHEAVEN.COM AND WHAT IN GOD’S NAME DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH PATRICK STUMP/THE MATCHES/MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK/LIMBECK/BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT? IS THIS SOME NIGHTMARISH SUPERGROUP?
This Is Me Smiling explains:
Patrick Stump (most notably of Fall Out Boy wealth) has been a friend to us and a fan of our music for the past few years. in fact, he is the very person who wisely encouraged me to thematically arrange The Keys To Cat Heaven.
The Matches have been both friends and fans of our band since we opened for them several years ago and tied the knot; furthermore, Shawn Harris (the brilliant frontman for the matches) is vocally featured on our album in the song “Jesusfreak.”
Justin Pierre (the cool-as-frost frontman for Motion City Soundtrack and Paper+Plastick’s own Farewell Continental) was one of the earliest supporters of This Is My Suitcase many moons ago, as well as the sweetheart who recommended us to our label Paper+Plastick; Sir Justin Pierre is also vocally featured on our album in the song “Stay Here.”
Limbeck are dear friends of ours for the last few years. gotta’ love Limbeck!
Bobcat Goldthwait just simply rules.
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Photo by James Roh
