DESCRIBED as “a full-blooded exercise in cowboy noir”, The Bookhouse Boys play Manchester’s Deaf Institute on June 1.

The Times described their eponymous debut album as gleefully combining “surf guitar, spaghetti western, southern gospel and smart, bleak songs in the vein of Nick Cave and Calexico”.

On the latest album, Tales To Be Told, which was released this month, the band evolve from unruly bar band to shape shifting orchestral ensemble.  * The Bookhouse Boys play Manchester’s Deaf Institute on Wednesday, June 1. Tickets cost £7. To book, visit ents24.com.