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Greetings! We are proud to announce the release of a new album today!

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PORTRAITS “draw[s] together conversational songs and pen portraits with novelistic insights on characters and events, real or imagined. There is a playfulness alongside a folksy lyricism and musical bounce and groove…From the beginning to the end I feel warm, immersed, hugged…” –Ross McGibbon, VANGUARD ONLINE

PORTRAITS is a re-imagining of a collection of songs founding band members Emily Packard and Damon Waitkus recorded with some friends back in the summer of 2003. The album features the original rhythm and violin tracks, bringing new lyrics, vocals, and an array of other overdubs by present band members Kate McLoughlin and Victor Reynolds. These are front porch songs: hooky, energetic, sunny-side-up, reflective, fun, a little casual. It’s a side of Jack O’ the Clock that has always been present but has never been so concentrated in a single album.

“PORTRAITS is a progressive folk record, a collection of short stories – some of them surreal, others pretty straightforward and sometimes even without words at all – that should be listened to without outside interference. It proves that Waitkus was an adventurous composer from the get-go. with a couple of decades worth of life experience his refurbished lyrics have caught up with his skills as a musician.” –Hans Werksman, HERE COMES THE FLOOD

PORTRAITS presents a collection of bite-sized, slice-of-life, portraits of individuals ranging from childhood to old age, bound up in the quietly desperate particulars of their lives. Each voice forges a unique alloy of characteristics, from resistance to resignation, earnestness to irony, but with a consistent undercurrent of humor.