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Phantom Limb in Saffrom Walden Reporter 24


20 November 2009
Saffron Walden Reporter 24
4 Stars

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Far from being the rag-tag bunch of sweaty, multi-pierced and leather clad heavy metallers their name suggests, the only torches this Bristol sextet bear are for the legends of country-blues, soul and gospel.

Lead singer Yolana Quartey's powerful, smoked honey voice is an instant attention-grabber, but is expertly harnessed as one of their myriad instruments to immersive effect.

Double bass, Hammond organ, acoustic and slide guitar warmly couch her vocals on the intimate, painful and rousing My Love has Gone, a case in point and a reminder for X Factor hopefuls of what real quality sounds like.

Traditional genres get a well executed, heartfelt and genuinly moving update.


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