Phantom Limb

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Formed 2005.

country/soul band from Bristol, UK

Phantom Limb CM Simmons

Biography

Phantom Limb are an English country/soul band from Bristol, England.

The band was formed as a "christmas present" to themselves after recording material written in Rockfield Studios. The band has toured extensively and released two studio albums and one live album. The band members all work in the music industry as players, producers and writers. Although this is a point of interest for journalists, the band tend to not answer questions about their other work, stating "this band has to exist, we all have to eat but we also have to make music for the sake of making music and this is the real stuff."

Their self-titled debut was recorded at Rockfield Studios, produced and mixed by Robot Club, released in 2008. There was a four-year gap between this and the second album The Pines. Produced by Marc Ford and recorded at the Compound Studio in Long Beach, CA. On 17 January 2013 their record company, Munich Records, announced that Phantom Limb had split up. no details were given.

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News from the BBC

  1. Den Session: Phantom Limb

    Tue 9 Mar 2010 13:20

    Bristol's finest exponents of country-gospel performed songs for BBC Bristol...

Latest Blog Posts

Blogs from the BBC

  1. Tip of the Week: Phantom Limb - Good Fortune

    Tue 24 Jul 2012 14:13 In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash... Tom Young
  2. INTRODUCING MIXTAPE. MONDAY 28/05/2012

    Mon 28 May 2012 02:00 In the small hours of a Monday morning from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my... Tom Robinson
  3. TRACKLISTING. MONDAY 02/04/2012

    Mon 2 Apr 2012 01:00 This morning in the small hours (1-3am) we held a virtual party on Twitter to mark... Tom Robinson

BBC Reviews

  1. Phantom Limb 2009

    Review of Phantom Limb

    Reviewed by Andy Fyfe

    A natural marriage between soulful vocals and the classic sounds of Muscle Shoals.
  2. Phantom Limb 2008

    Review of Phantom Limb

    Reviewed by Michael Quinn

    A quality album, and band, to restore your faith in contemporary music.

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