Bristol’s Phantom Limb will release their new single, the stirring ‘Gravy Train’, on March 12th, via Naim Edge Records. Having just released their sophomore album ‘The Pines’ the band are also currently on a nationwide UK tour.
‘Gravy Train’ is taken from Phantom Limb’s new album The Pines, which was in part conceived on the road, then in rural France, before being produced by Marc Ford (The Black Crowes) in Signal Hill; the oil capital of California. All proved to be conducive settings for an album largely written about escape. The resigned, working-for-the-man sigh of the new single ‘Gravy Train’ – held together by the powerful, tender vocals of lead singer Yolanda Quartey - capturing the overriding sense that the band have spent all day making ends meet, but will sing songs they love long into the night.
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. Quartey, who has sung lead spots with Nitin Sawhney 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.
Tour Dates:
23 February: The Boiler Room, Guilford
24 February: Arlington Arts, Newbury
01 March: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
03 March: Latest Music Bar, Brighton
05 March: Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
08 March: Whelan’s Upstairs, Dublin
09 March: Mello Mello, Liverpool
15 March: Ride Café, Plymouth
