Our new album, PORTRAITS, is mastered and ready to roll. The full album will be released on February 13th of 2025, but we’ll be releasing a few singles before that, starting right after the new year. 

PORTRAITS is a re-imagining of an album Emily Packard and Damon Waitkus recorded with some friends back in the summer of 2003. It uses the original rhythm and violin tracks, but brings new lyrics, vocals, and an array of other overdubs by present band members Kate McLoughlin and Victor Reynolds. 

PORTRAITS presents a collection of bite-sized, slice-of-life, mostly first-person portraits of individuals. You might think of them as front porch songs: hooky, energetic, sunny-side-up, reflective, fun, a little casual. Pure play and pleasure. It’s a side of Jack O’ the Clock that has always been present but has never been so concentrated in a single album, and because of the strange decade-spanning way this album came together, could never quite happen again. We look forward to sharing it with you soon!