LONDON gypsy blues, bop ‘n’ stroll band The Urban Voodoo Machine are back with their fourth album Hellbound Hymns and a UK tour to match.

Having played Glastonbury, Download, Latitude, Bestival and Hard Rock Calling, toured with The Pogues, the New York Dolls plus received love & support from Radio 2’s Paul Jones & Huey Morgan, 6Music’s Gideon Coe & Chris Hawkins, the Guardian, Q Mag, Classic Rock and Vive Le Rock for their previous albums, Hellbound Hymns marks a new chapter in the band’s story.

It’s a mash-up of guitars, drums, upright bass, horns, violin, piano, accordion, bouzouki, Hammond organ and more, all topped up with the gravelly voice of Mr Paul-Ronney Angel telling tales from the dark side.

Produced by Paul-Ronney and The Late J-Roni-Moe, engineered by Alex McGowan at Space Eko Studios and mastered with help from Jim Jones (of The Jim Jones Revue), the album marks the band’s 13th year and features 13 tracks that can be heard on their Lucky 13 Tour rolling out this spring and

summer.

UVM main man Paul-Ronney Angel fled the fjords of Norway after a very short stint in the Norwegian army and travelled to London. During a period of selling the Big Issue and busking around Soho, PR met various like-minded musicians and came up with the band's sound.

"I wanted to play rock'n'roll music with a different instrumentation" he says “taking inspiration from delta blues, latin and gypsy music without losing the spirit and attitude of punk”.

With an act honed alongside burlesque dancers, snake-charmers and fireeaters they call friends, The UVM have become one of the greatest live acts in the country – terrifyingly bizarre, hysterically funny; a riot for the eyes and sensation for the ears.

Their Lucky 13 Tour comes to The Joiners on Wednesday.

See joinerslive.co.uk