DO Petty Crimes have an arresting sound?

Find out by coming to a gig at the Iron Road in Evesham, where notes will be picked, together with hard rock roots, and all with the swagger of a musical safe-cracker.

In fact, the Petty Crimes line-up will be out to promote their second studio album, Kill for Eden.

A spokesman said: "Blending a classic hard-rock swagger with polished, radio-ready production, Petty Crimes sees the London quartet at their finest.

"From the defiant 'Woke Up Alone' to the timely 'Brave New World' , and featuring a cover of Republica’s 'Ready to Go', the twelve tracks are delivered with Lyla D’Souza’s inimitable vocal power."

The band consist of Australian singer Lyla D’Souza, Dave Garfield Brown a veteran guitarist who has toured alongside acts including Joe Cocker and Rammstein, bassist Julian Palmer and drummer Wally Miroshnikov from Siberia.

The date for the diary is May 19.

The Iron Road number is 01386 422582.