Introducing: Phantom Limb
AUGUST 7TH 2008
www.femalefirst.co.uk

You only get two cracks to impress the notoriously choosy selectors from Austin Texas. Get past three panels and you’re into the prestigious showcase that is South by South West. They loved Phantom Limb’s demo in Austin – ‘they undoubtedly belong in the Deep South’ – so they got to play at the 2008 festival.

Also by chance one of the Glastonbury stage managers came across the band at a small gig in Bristol, he brought the booker down to a further gig, and they were promptly offered a slot on the Jazz World Stage this year. Not bad for a band from Bristol, UK, that only a year before nearly folded when the singer lost her voice.

Phantom Limb is a band that shouldn’t be. A collection of seriously experience musicians doing something they never did before, something so out of time that it’s just right. It’s a musical hunch that bucks the logic and comes up trumps just because of that. It’s the itch in the leg that isn’t there but seriously demands to be scratched. Yet again it seems that the Bristol melting pot has thrown up something truly original yet strangely familiar.

The Phantom Limb sound is an indefinable blend of classic southern soul and country blues. They blend modern song writing and rich acoustic music with powerful gospel-inflected vocals. Already comparisons are being made to Mavis Staples, Aretha Franklin and The Band.

Isaac Ashe’s Upbeat
JULY 31ST 2008
Loughborough Echo

Having been going for four years, the music world is on pins for Phantom Limb’s long-awaited debut single, Don’t Say A Word.

The track, out on August 11th, is a superb warm, acoustic track mashing together soul, blues and gospel featuring Yolanda Quarty on vocals, and will be a taster for their forthcoming eponymous album.

On the record
AUGUST 8TH 2008
Manchester Evening News

Utilise the age-old tools of folk and Americana and you really have to do something special to get noticed. Phantom Limb’s secret weapon is (Massive Attack’s touring vocalist) Yolanda Quarty, whose gentle trimbre is as arresting and hearfelt as Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon delivering Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Get it used as the backdrop to a tragic action sequence on Grey’s Anatomy and Phantom Limb could have a huge hit on their hands.

New Singles
AUGUST 11TH 2008
www.new-noise.net

Phantom Limb – so that’s going to be death metal then? Or maybe screamo? Maybe rock and roll?

Wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an utterly gorgeous acoustic guitar piece with beautiful vocals delivered with warmth and clarity and washed in an undercurrent of gospel. Spellbinding.

A Subba-Cultcha.com Single of the Month
AUGUST 6TH 2008
www.subba-cultcha.com

Wondrously lush, like CS&N jonesying with James Taylor – this is Laurel Canyon folk at it’s most tender – definitely something to chill spectacularly to!

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Originally posted by AgyHP:

Wondrously lush, like CS&N jonesying with James Taylor – this is Laurel Canyon folk at it’s most tender

This certainly piques my interest ... where can I get a taste? No mention of it on The Naim Label site.

Fred

You can listen to a taster of Phantom Limb on their MySpace site:
www.myspace.com/phantomlimbrobot

Below are more details, courtesy of Naim Label E-News:

NAIM EDGE'S 'PHANTOM LIMB' TAKE FLIGHT

Naim's new Edge label launches this August with the release of its first recording courtesy of Bristolian southern soul six-piece Phantom Limb. The group's stunning track Withering Bones has been added to Q Magazine's Essential Q50 for the September issue, where it currently has a 5 star rating online. Decide for yourself by clicking HERE.

Hear a live session and interview from Phantom Limb on Radio 4's Loose Ends (18:15 GMT 23rd August 08)

Also listen out for Phantom Limb sessions/interviews on Q Radio (Mon 11th Aug) and BBC Bristol (4th Aug) - both will be available on Listen Again!

Phantom Limb will be celebrating the launch of their eponymous debut album with an intimate live performance and signing at FOPP (Bristol) on 26th August 2008 at 17:00 GMT.

TOUR DATES:
24 Aug Sh'mbala, Northampton
26 Aug FOPP, Bristol
27 Aug The Bell, Bath
29 Aug Surfstock, St Agnes
30 Aug Orange Box, Yeovil
31 Aug Moonfest, Westbury
31 Aug Griffin, Frome
6 Sep Castlefield Arena, Manchest.
9 Sep Barrelhouse, Totnes
17 Sep The Old Oak, Cork
18 Sep The Spirit Store, Louth
19 Sep Crawdaddy, Dublin


'DON'T SAY A WORD', PHANTOM LIMB
SINGLE available on 7" Vinyl & iTunes from 11th August
NAIMSP123 (£3.49 RRP)

Also includes an exclusive alternative recording of 'Good Fortune'. Watch the brand new video for the debut single HERE

'PHANTOM LIMB', PHANTOM LIMB
ALBUM available on CD, 180gsm LP & iTunes from 25th August
NAIMCD120 (£12.98 RRP)

"a warm beauty that belies the bleak subject matter"
Q Magazine

or at ... quite a performer!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogM9kAz0dw

Paul,

how long before we can get things like this in 24/96?

'troll

Thanks Moomin,
This particular Naim Edge project wasn't recorded at hi-res. When we stumbled upon Phantom Limb, Dan Brown and Stew Jackson (aka Robot Club, the production team behind the project) had almost finished the album. There is potential for upscaling into 24/96, but as you know this would never provide TRUE high resolution. However, with this in mind we hope to make as many future Naim Edge projects available in 24 bit as possible!

Just heard Don't Say A Word ... loved it!

My kind of music ... the good kind, that is.

All best,
Fred

Just listening to my copy now - very good it is too.

'troll

Got a copy yesterday. Nice.

just got mine. superb. why is it not on hdcd?
same problem as 24/96?

Glad you like it! Unfortunately the album was not recorded in 24 bit. When we discovered the band they had almost finished the album, which in its entirety aptly represents a distinct moment in time musically. We don't beleive in upscaling - that is cheating - so I am afraid you'll have to enjoy it at compact disc quality until we make their next record!

I've just gone to Abbey Road to cut the album for vinyl - so hopefully that might appeal to you in the meantime...

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Originally posted by Simon Drake:
I've just gone to Abbey Road to cut the album for vinyl - so hopefully that might appeal to you in the meantime...

Ah, very interesting!