Blues, Folk, Country, a dash of Cabaret & lethal doses of vintage 60's Garage Rock---The Malediction's sound has affectionately been described as, "Country Noir" or "Gothic Americana".

"It's all just Folk Music," according to bandleader Kevin Orton, "Maybe aggressive Folk but Folk music at heart...I tend to write songs about people who are un-insured".

 The Maledictions have their roots in Orton's 2003 solo album, FEMME NOIR, which featured a number of guest artists including The Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano. Soon after, Orton formed The Maledictions and 2005 saw the release of IDLE HANDS.

Dark, brooding yet perversely optimistic, the band is soon to release a new digital EP, "BACK IN THE SWING",  which promises to be all foul weather & bad directions.

Their cover of "September Street" can now be heard on Main Man Records' "A Few Uneven Rhymes: A Tribute To Winter Hours". Among the other contributing artists are Gordon Gano & The Ryan Brothers, Mattew Caws from Nada Surf & Jack Brag. All proceeds go to www.roadrecovery.org.

 MALEDICTION (mal-e-dik-shen): "curse, excecration" -Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary

DICTIONARY (dik-shen-air-ee):"A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic" -The Devil's Dictionary

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