NORTH West folk outfit Pilgrims' Way are returning with a new-look line-up and a new album, which will feature in their latest Cumbrian appearance.

The respected four-piece, previous nominees at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, release their third studio album this month, accompanied by a tour that calls at the Florence Arts Centre, in Egremont, on Thursday November 9.

Stand & Deliver will feature 11 highly-produced tracks, drawn from the rich seam of English traditional highwayman songs.

Known for tipping traditional folk songs on their head, always bold and feisty and frequently eyebrow-raising, Pilgrims' Way follow on from last year’s acclaimed Red Diesel with another theatrical tour de force of a concept album – with a new look line-up and a plethora of instruments.

The original Stockport-based band of Lucy Wright, Tom Kitching and Edwin Beasant were nominated for the coveted Horizon Award in the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards after a rapid emergence on the roots scene and a hugely successful debut album, Wayside Courtesies.

They became a four-piece when they were joined by Jon Loomes on a host of instruments from double bass to concertina, cittern, trumpet, hurdy gurdy and even tubular bells.

Lucy Wright, who recently departed the band, has been replaced by Jude Rees, whose early woodwind and immaculate, powerful oboe and flute playing has brought a new ingredient to the broad brushstrokes of sound. Jude also supplies vocals and bagpipes, with the four members playing more than 50 instruments between them.

Crossing genres with disdain, Stand & Deliver travels from classic folk-rock, through Madchester, via doom metal and disco to something that sounds almost West End, all performed with raucous energy and consummate skill across countless instruments.

In addition to his feted fiddle playing, Kitching plays mandolin and mandola while Beasant takes on Jews’ harp duties alongside his electric guitar, drums and percussion, melodeon and harmonica prowess.

The new album concludes with a tongue-in-cheek take on the most famous highwayman balled of them all, Adam and the Ants' 1981 hit, Stand and Deliver.

Pilgrims' Way appear at the Florence Arts Centre on November 9, from 7.30pm, and tickets are available from the venue's box office.