AN UNSIGNED band from Taunton are gearing up to play the biggest gig of their career so far.

October Drift will be appearing on the legendary Glastonbury Festival John Peel Stage on Sunday, June 25 at 11am.

They’ll be performing on the stage along with the likes of London Grammar, The Amazons and Clean Bandit.

2017 has already been a whirlwind for the group, who said they’re yet to find an answer they’re happy with in terms of defining the genre of their music.

They’ve already played countless festivals and tour dates across England, Germany and Poland.

The band - made up of Kiran Roy, Daniel Young, Alex Bispham and Chris Holmes have known each other since school and have been writing music together informally for a decade.

It wasn’t until 2015 that they formed October Drift, after spending 2014 writing and recording in the studio.

But since then, they’ve gone on to play hundreds of shows, have appeared in magazines including Q Magazine, Radio X and BBC Introducing, and have seen their music played on BBC Radio 6.

“We literally just got the most nonchalant email through from our booking agent saying that he had got us a slot on the John Peel Stage and would we like to accept,” said Chris.

“I’m not sure if he was aware of how much a slot like that means to four guys who had spent their youth going to Glastonbury Festival, and watching our favourite acts play that stage.

“We practically bit his hand off.

“The hardest part for us has been trying not to tell anyone - the slot got confirmed back in February, but we weren’t allowed to announce it until the end of May, so trying to keep that under wraps killed us.

“We got in trouble with our manager because one of our mates leaked our slot to the Efestivals website and we were one of the only semi-confirmed acts along with Radiohead and Foo Fighters.”

The band described the chance as an ‘absolute dream come true and an honour’.

They’ve this week been busy rehearsing and are back in the studio recording more material.

And singer Kiran has already had a chance encounter with Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis - who was delighted that an unsigned band had been given the chance to play to the stage.

Chris added: “Kiran works in a bar in Taunton and a few weeks ago Michael Eavis and his wife went in for dinner.

“Apparently he was really spun out as to how we got a slot on the stage, I guess you don’t expect to be getting served dinner by a guy who’s playing on that stage, so I think it took him by surprise.

“He was really pleased for us though and said he’ll make it down for our set.

“We bumped into the booker for John Peel a few weeks later at another festival and he told us he’d had a phone call from Michael Eavis about us.

“He wanted to know more about us and was apparently really pleased that an unsigned band like us had been given the opportunity to play on such a big stage.”