PLEASE Please You gig promoter Joe Coates brings genre-pushing Philadelphian guitarist Chris Forsyth to York for the first time with his merry band of psychedelic cohorts The Solar Motel Band in tow on Tuesday night.

Playing The Crescent Community Venue, in The Crescent, this inventive, thoroughly modern musician will be showcasing his double album The Rarity Of Experience, released last year on the No Quarter Records label.

Forsyth proves himself to be equally as adept a composer and bandleader as he is guitar stylist on an album that may be loosely divided by a more frenzied and fiery first half and a mellower, more idiosyncratic second act.

However, to view The Rarity Of Experience as merely two sides of a coin would be inaccurate, as Forsyth’s Solar Motel Band, over the course of nine originals and a cover of Richard Thompson’s The Calvary Cross, sustain momentum while evoking a wide range of moods.

The Solar Motel Band are Forsyth’s not-so-secret weapon. The dynamic rhythm section of bassist Peter Kerlin and drummer Steven Urgo's sensitive and powerful contributions establish the firm foundation on which the group create their synergy, while non-touring member but frequent Forsyth collaborator Shawn E. Hansen adds variety and verve to the guitars, bass and drums format with his expansive and expressive use of synthesizers.

Second guitarist Nick Millevoi, the group's newest member, proves a crucial ingredient by complimenting Forsyth’s Stratocaster slink with flashy passages of tremolo picking and a distinctly raunchier, more robust tone.

Forsyth knows how good his band is, which explains why he has chosen to revisit two of his previously released tunes, both originally released on 2012’s Kenzo Deluxe as solo pieces. The Rarity Of Experience’s reimagining of Boston Street Lullaby combines tension with restraint, while The First Ten Minutes of C***sucker Blues is now replete with the hand drum patter of percussionist Ryan Sawyer and the spacey tenor sax and trumpet of the New York ecstatic jazz stalwart Daniel Carter.

The Rarity Of Experience, Pt. 2 provides the album’s most revealing glimpse into Forsyth’s teenage playbook, pitting the guitar wanderings of The Days Of Wine And Roses against the rhythmic lurch of Remain In Light. Similarly, on the gorgeous Harmonious Dance, Forsyth’s bubbly guitar, combined with Hansen’s saturated synth twinkle echoes Tortoise, the experimental Chicago instrumental rock band, in their jazzy period.

Few modern groups would sound equally at home on stage at the Fillmore East circa 1969, CBGB’s circa 1977, and Lounge Axe circa 1996, but the Solar Motel Band of The Rarity Of Experience is such a band, as can be discovered at The Crescent on Tuesday.

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band will be supported on the 7.30pm bill by Soma Crew and Neuschlaufen. Tickets cost £8 at pleasepleaseyou.com or in person from The Inkwell, in Gillygate, York, or Jumbo Records in Leeds.