Patch & The Giant steal into the night for York gig at The Basement on Wednesday

There is, however, a perfectly valid reason for the Londoners' seemingly boastful revelation, as Angie Rance, backing vocalist and accordion, trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, harmonica and mandolin player can explain – and no, she didn't pilfer any of those instruments.

"We have a song with that title, and the song came before we made the album, but it just seemed apt because after Luke [lead vocalist, acoustic guitarist and mandolin player Luke Owen] and me formed the band, we stole everyone else from other groups!" she says, ahead of playing The Basement in York on Wednesday. "And there's another reason," she adds. "We're acknowledging that everything you create is a nod to something else."

Patch & The Giant are no strangers to gigs in North Yorkshire, having played York in 2014 and 2015, the Deer Shed Festival at Baldersby Park last summer and even the cricket club pavilion at the Easingwold LittleFest after-fest party. "Though I'm from Kent, my mum is from Harrogate and worked at Bettys, and Luke's mum is from Leeds, so he's half Yorkshire, though a lot of people think he sounds like he's from Ireland when he sings!" says Angie.

Patch And The Giant are a patchwork construction, both in personnel and in utilising instruments as diverse as flugelhorn, cello, violin, accordion, trumpet, banjo and double bass. "We're based in London, but only one of us is from there, and we have a Scotsman too," says Angie. "The band originated when Luke and I met. He was in a band; I joined but I couldn't make the gig, and the band then disbanded anyway! But we had a lot in common and decided to build something together from there.

"The first few years we were just having a lot of fun with it and at one time we had eight people in the group, but the more serious it became, the harder it became to expect people to commit to it. The line-up as it is now [Luke, Angie, Gabriel Merryfield, Derek Yau and Nick Harris] came together in 2014, and things changed when we arranged our first tour and everyone had to decide whether to commit or to finish their PhD or whatever."

Patch & The Giant's debut album: "Oh my god, it's really happened," says multi-instrumentalist Angie Rance

Even now, Patch And The Giant 's members all have other commitments. "I work in live music, so my life's a busman's holiday as I'm a booking agent and my job is to get other bands gigs," says Angie. "Luke works in a school with children with special needs; Gabriel works for an organic food company; Derek's in computers; and Nick is a music teacher and musician in his own right, so we stole him from himself!

"It means we're more rounded as people as we all came together slightly later in life than is usual, in our mid to late-twenties, and we're all now in our thirties. We approach what we do with a more realistic attitude; it is what it is, but we're loving having an album out. It's hard to believe it's actually here.

"Even holding the album in my hand for the first time, it felt akin to holding a baby for the first time. You think to yourself, 'oh my god, it's really happened'."

Patch And The Giant are reluctant to be pigeonholed. "We just do what we do; we've often been put in the folk category but we don't consider ourselves traditional. We're always trying to push it further and when we jam we're always quite progressive," says Angie.

"Our early material was very story-led, and that's what our name came from, that nod to storytelling and books, but now the songs depend on what's happening in our lives."

And what's happening next is Wednesday's gig in York at The Basement, City Screen.

Please Please You presents Patch & The Giant, The Bramble Napskins and Stillhouse at The Basement, City Screen, York, on Wednesday, 8pm. Tickets cost £6 at pleasepleaseyou.com or in person from The Inkwell, Gillygate, York and Jumbo Records, Leeds, or £8 on the door.