Out of Chicago, SPB faves The Claudettes have a new album on the way: Garage Glamour, which summarizes the band in just a couple of words. It comes out on Pravda Records this spring -- the official dates still to be announced. It's the first album to feature vocalist Rachel Williams, who joined the group in 2023.
Dubbing their sound "noir-soul," the band mix a variety of influences with rock 'n' roll revelry.
Oh, and here's a new song, "Touch You Back," below:
I’ve written two reviews about the previous two albums of The Claudettes. As it took me ages to write this review you could be tempted to think I would not cover their latest album. You could not be more wrong. I was so happy Johnny Iguana shared this album with me for review purposes. I blame corona for the late … Read more
Usually I get to pick what I review. This (partly) explains why you might sometimes feel I am an overrating bastard. To counter that I accept my portion of homework from our grand commander. When he assigned me to review The Claudettes’ previous album Dance Scandal At The Gymnasium! two years ago I was pleasantly surprised that my homework was … Read more
Do you like to be challenged every now and then? Just so that you are forced out of your comfort zone? Some say the best things in life happen just there: outside of your comfort zone. Although there is reason I like to stay inside that zone (it is quite comfortable there, after all) I enjoy the musical challenge of … Read more
Johnny Iguana (The Claudettes) SPB: How did the band come to combine the different musical styles that make the Claudettes so unique? Johny: I had every intention of making the Claudettes a pretty straight-up blues-piano band, but as I wrote even the first three or four instrumentals, I found the … Read more
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