NORTH Eastern gypsy folk rock seven-piece Holy Moly & The Crackers are on the road on an April tour that arrives at The Crescent Community Venue in York tonight.

They will be showcasing this month's single, Cold Comfort Lane, the first to be lifted from their forthcoming album on the band's own Pink Lane Records label after three years of furiously touring and writing.

Written by accordionist Rosie Bristow and singer Ruth Patterson, the single is a "lyrical evocation of the back-bar poker dens and burlesque and jazz joints of the whisky and guns era, but on modern punk/indie steroids, reminiscent of The Zutons, with a touch of the Artic Monkeys".

A limited print seven-inch vinyl version of Cold Comfort Lane and B-side track Hallelujah Amen will be available to buy at this month's shows. The album release date is yet to be announced, but what can tonight's audiences expect from this hard-working group whose ferocious live show has taken them to France, Germany and Holland, as well as festival appearances at Glastonbury, Hop Farm, Cornbury, Secret Garden Party, Boomtown Fair, Wilderness, Larmer Tree, Kendal Calling, Underneath The Stars, Belladrum and Just So?

"We throw a whole load of genres into the mix," say Holy Moly. "We describe ourselves as 'gypsy-folk-rock', but that’s a very loose term. And we’re changing and developing all the time. There’s a big beat; we like to make people dance. But, at the same time, the songs are built around narrative. I guess that’s why we’d class ourselves as a folk band; we like to tell stories.”

Tickets can be booked via holymolyandthecrackers.com