It doesn't seem right for London to have a thriving folk scene. The capital should be all about angry, urban, shouty bands singing about A Town Called Malice, Going Underground or London Calling.

Folk should be left to men in Arran jumpers, on remote Hebridean islands, playing hurdy gurdies. Or should it?

In recent months there has been an explosion of folk-tinged talent hailing from London – from Noah And The Whale to Laura Marling – but the latest band to emerge and capitalise on our new-found love of folk will be quitting the capital for Hull next week, when they arrive in town as part of their debut UK tour.

Cherbourg, a tightly-honed, harmony-driven four-piece will play The Lamp, in Norfolk Street, Hull, on Monday, June 1, on the same day they release their second EP, Into The Dark.

The band have been described as a cross between Fleet Foxes and Kings Of Leon, combining haunting folk melodies with a driven, rocky sensibility, but singer Andrew Davie says the group never set out to imitate others – just make music they enjoyed.

"It feels a little weird all being bunched together as part of a 'London scene', because it never really felt like that," he says. "There was just a bunch of friends who liked the same sort of music and hung out and played at the same pub.

"It's great some of those bands are now breaking through and people are listening to their music, but I'm not really sure it was ever a scene. Maybe it was more of a movement, or an inclination towards traditional music. Our roots are very much in the folk world and we all love that genre of music – but we don't just listen to folk.

"The four of us in the band all have really varied backgrounds, growing up listening from everything from heavy metal to dance. My first album was Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses, and I think that all feeds through to our music now."

It's been a busy 12 months for Cherbourg. Firstly, the band decided to take themselves more seriously and changed their name from Davie Fiddle And The Lucky Egg to the eminently more mysterious Cherbourg ("it was the last port the Titanic visited," says the band's violinist Phil Fiddle, incorrectly), landed a recording deal, recorded two EPs and saw its profile and crowd sizes begin to balloon.

"It has been a really good year," says the singer. "It does feel like we're getting somewhere. There seems to be a definite buzz about the band at the moment. We've seen bands we've known for years playing in the local pubs and clubs suddenly breaking through and, we don't deny it, we'd like to make that sort of impact, too.

"The most important thing for us is we're able to continue making music – and getting out and playing live to as many people as possible is part of that.

"Life on the road is awesome. Some of the best moments of our lives have been on tour. Meeting so many new people all the time and getting to play your music to new and appreciative audiences – we never tire of it."

Cherbourg play The Lamp, Norfolk Street, Hull, on Monday, June 1, 10pm. Support on the night comes from The Musgraves.Tickets cost £5. Call (01482) 326131.