NOMINATED for the Mercury Music Prize and the only British folk representation in The Guardian’s and Uncut’s best albums of the last decade, folk act The Unthanks have an army of notable fans.

The Unthanks is a family affair for Tyneside sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, with Rachel married to pianist, producer, arranger and composer Adrian McNally.

Since releasing three project albums in one year in 2012, The Unthanks have been hiding away in Northumberland, quietly working away on an ambitious follow-up to 2011’s Last.

Their new album will be released to coincide with this tour and be brought to life on stage with a talented ten-piece band.

The Unthanks, defined only by their restless, peerless eccentricity, see folk music less as a style of music and more as an oral history that offers perspective on our own time.

Their unique approach to storytelling straddles the complex relationship between modernism and learning from the past.

Staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure may seem like polar opposites, yet they are easy bedfellows in the gentle hands of The Unthanks.

They head to The Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on Tuesday, February 24, and tickets are £20.

Visit octagon-theatre.co.uk for more details.