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SATURDAY 3RD MARCH // SATURDAY 3RD MARCH

One Inch Badge presents:

PHANTOM LIMB

Phantom Limb are an unusual musical prospect, drawing together a range of different sounds and experiences. By day, various members of the group have earned their crust as session musicians, vocalists and songwriters, skirting round the edges of the industry. A glance at their collective musical CV would list collaborations with everyone from Pee Wee Ellis and Percy Sledge to Tom Jones. Charismatic lead singer Yolanda Quartey, who has sung lead spots withNitinSawhney and Chase & Status, spent the summer of 2008 touring with Massive Attack, written for Will Young and performed backing vocals for Adele and Dizzee Rascal. By Yolanda’s own admission, though, the band has found it hard remaining in the shadows. “You’re supposed to be able to shrink back,” as she puts it. “I’ve had to play down my voice, and that’s the worst thing, actually.”

Having met by chance amidst these workmanlike sessions, Phantom Limb formed in 2004, and released their self-titled debut album in 2008. Yet it is with their second offering - The Pines - that you sense they’re truly stepping out to the front of the stage. The Pines is an assured, well-studied and heartfelt record, absorbing an array of classic influences. Musically, the songs stand at the crossroads between Country and classic R&B, which – from Ray Charles’ country albums to The Staple Singers fronting The Band – still feelsrelatively unexplored. Yet as Yolanda succinctly puts it, “Country and gospel are the same, just with different race singers.” The skill of Phantom Limb lies in their ability to assimilate these seemingly-disparate influences in a manner that feels effortless and idiosyncratic.

The phenomenal new video for "The Pines" can be viewed here: feature=youtu.be

+ Jo Harman

+ Rotait

SATURDAY 3RD MARCH 2012

at Latest Music Bar, Brighton

14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF

£6.50 advance // 7:30pm // 16+

TICKETS: http://www.seetickets.com/Event/PHANTOM-LIMB/The-Latest-Music-Bar-Brighton/608549 // http://www.wegottickets.com/event/147891 // www.ticketweb.co.uk // www.gigantic.com // Resident Music (01273 606312) // Rounder Records (01273 325440)

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