At just 18 years old, Alessi Laurent-Marke's pastoral folk tales are stunning anyone within hearing distance.

Armed with an acoustic guitar, Alessi's Ark craft cosmic madrigals that blend fairytale melodies with space age lyrics. Utterly unique, obvious reference points include Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan and more - though naturally, she sounds like none of them.

Currently working on her debut album, Alessi's Ark recently played a short tour of the UK. Demonstrating her fragile charm the dates were an enormous success, winning over plenty of new fans.

ClashMusic asked Alessi's Ark to take a few snaps along the way - check out the results...