Rock band The Claudettes have announced upcoming album Garage Glamour. The album’s title encompasses the “glitz and grit” that the Claudettes bring to the stage and studio. Garage Glamour is being released on Chicago independent label Pravda Records in late Spring of 2026 on 12” LP vinyl, CD, streaming services and digital download.

Johnny Iguana, the Claudettes’ composer/pianist, who has played on albums featuring Derek Trucks, Johnny Winter, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Johnny’s own Oh My God, has been reaching a worldwide audience as co-composer of the original score of Emmy-winning FX/Hulu series The Bear.

His co-creator of that score, JQ, joined Johnny to co-produce two tracks on Garage Glamour. In addition, Grammy-winning Producer and musical Renaissance man Steve Berkowitz (who also happens to be Johnny Iguana’s uncle) flew from NY to Chicago to co-Produce much of the album.

The album is the first of the band’s to feature lead singer Rachel Williams, who has been taking part in Claudettes shows since early 2023. She joins Grammy-nominated guest singer/guitarist John Primer (Muddy Watters Band) on the album opener “(You Are My) Whole World.”

“‘(You Are My) Whole World’ is a Chicago song, through and through,” says Iguana. “The Chi-Lites’ ‘Oh Girl’ was a musical inspiration, and John Primer is not only one of the last great Chicago blues legends alive, but he loves soul songs so much. He has sung soul classics on stage and in the studio for years, and so I knew that he would bring something extraordinary to this song. My wife and our drummer’s wife both cried when they first heard the track with John’s vocal on it. I knew we had something remarkable here.”

Iguana says:

These are wild times, in the worst way. So let’s get wild, in the best way. Have fun. Make fun. Make music. Be your weird self, all the way. We’ll show you how.