Lovingly recorded in our practice space, here is our cover of Jim Croce's "Time In A Bottle". Emily's Aunt requested this song as a part of her Rockethub donation to us last year. We were honoured and excited to create and record this rendition of the song for her. 

Recorded & Mixed by Ted
Mastered by Shawn Jurek - http://shawnjurekmastering.com

Time In A Bottle (Jim Croce Cover)

Original song written by: The Black Keys

Recorded and mixed by: Ted Turner
Mastered by: Maeghan Ritchat @ Lacquer Channel Mastering
http://lacquerchannel.com/the-engineers/maeghan-Ritchat/

Everlasting Light (The Black Keys Cover)

City Of Trees (Wood + Wires Session)

Call The Law (Southern Souls Session)

Kingdom Come (Southern Souls Session)

Oceans (Alternate Version)

City Of Trees

The final track of our debut album "City of Trees"

Kingdom Come

The Maladies of Adam Stokes started as a group of friends jamming out their favourite songs using cigarette lighters for slides and hoarse singing voices. These six friends would put their heads and hearts in to working towards finding their place in the Toronto music scene.

Since forming, The Maladies have extended their reach from back-alley clubs to sold-out shows at legendary venues like The Horseshoe Tavern and Lee’s Palace. In the midst, they’ve formed a strong fanbase by consistently producing and publishing new music.

Their first EP, ‘Oro-Medonte’, was recorded live-off-the-floor and showed the tenacity and emotion the young band had to offer. The next year was spent refining these very songs, culminating in the follow-up EP ‘Wood Water War’, a sample of three songs from their upcoming full-length album, ‘City of Trees’.

Lyrically, the songs are compelling portraits of lead singer Mikey Hill’s personal and musical journeys. Dividing his time between The Maladies and his training as a pediatric resident, the themes relayed in the songs display emotional depth that reveal a double-life filled with love and loss.

In order to bring life to his words, Mikey is backed by the strong instrumentalists that make up the core of The Maladies of Adam Stokes.

Kohji Nagata has traded in a make-shift slide for a multi-instrumentalist approach including electric and slide guitars, trumpet and glocken-spiel. Kohji and Mikey have a long history of making music together, first meeting in holding.sky, during which, they played shows as large in scope as ‘Taste of Chaos’ and produced with amazing people, including Juno-award winning producer Dan Achen. These two have a musical relation-ship that goes beyond words and is better felt in the arrangements of the songs.

The soundscape is layered by lead guitarist Josh (“Square”) Awerbuck. Fresh with experience from his previous band, Leaders and Dreamers, Josh’s tenacious guitar solos have developed into a strong signature for The Maladies, repeatedly being hailed as the highlight of their live show.

Brett Harris literally picked up the bass for the first time to join The Maladies. Almost immediately, he found a rhythm that would define the group as a whole…and his beard is like something out of legends.

Working with Kohji and Mikey to record demos in holding.sky, Ted Turner has made the transition from an aspiring sound engineer to picking up the sticks and becoming the drummer for The Maladies. As a new player, his fresh outlook has only emboldened the subtle folk/rock feel and his experience recording is heard in the band’s production.

Emily Anderson, a classically trained pianist and a pub-influenced fiddle player, provides the final touch with arrangements that gives texture to The Maladies stomp-along tempo. Her entrepreneurial outlook and background in project management underscores the band’s professional attitude and work ethic.

From the humble beginnings of a guitar and a lighter, The Maladies of Adam Stokes have made head-way in the Toronto folk/rock scene and are ready to release their first full-length album. You can expect ‘City of Trees’ this fall with a tour to the East Coast shortly after.


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