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

The band started when a group of musician friends in Bristol got together for a jam. As a Christmas present to themselves, they decided to go to the studio and record the results. It was an egg-nog fuelled session in December 2004 and only afterwards did it dawn on them that this should be a band, Busy though they were, they began to find time to put together some songs and an album was formed, by late '06 they were back in the studio recording. Then disastrous illness struck vocalist Yolanda Quarty, preventing her singing indefinitely, and it looked like it might be all over.

The album (and the band) stayed on ice for over six months while she recovered her voice and then it seemed a good idea to start quietly with acoustic rehearsals. These proved revelatory as a more intimate yet powerful sound emerged, electric guitars where swapped for acoustics and double bass was brought in, Yolandas voice was really allowed to soar and beautiful country-gospel songs emerged. It was a whole new start - the recording process began all over again and Phantom Limb was reborn. Almost by happenstance they'd discovered a strand of raw 60s Southern soul for the new millennium and subsequent gigs around Bristol have shown there's a real appetite for it. Now they are launching on a national scale with a string of major festival appearances through out the summer, it seems that the Phantom Limb is really there, after all.