New music to listen to this week: October Drift

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October Drift

October Drift are a rising indie four-piece who have been selling out some of the best small venues in Britain thanks to a flourishing reputation for live shows.

Comprised of Kiran Roy (vocals, guitar), Chris Holmes (drums), Alex Bipsham (bass) and Daniel Young (guitar), the band are currently on tour in the UK and are scheduled to appear at a few festivals in summer (see dates below).

We're premiering a fantastic session video for their song "Losing My Touch" - take a look and let us know what you think.

Q&A with October Drift

What have you been listening to recently?

I've had my bag nicked whilst on this tour, so I have no headphones and the speakers in the van have blown too, so I've literally not been listening to anything apart from live music! We do have a go-to playlist we stick on at venues though, it’s all At The Drive In, The Kills, Butthole Surfers, Fun Loving Criminals, My Bloody Valentine, Beck, Fugazi and Sigor Ros, to name a few.

What are you looking forward to for summer 2016?

We're going to record our next EP in May, so I guess that will be the start of summer for us. We're off to Urchin studios in London to track it. It’s going to be great. Up until now we've done everything ourselves in our little studio back in Somerset.

We're playing Dot 2 Dot, Nozstock, Liverpool Calling and Tramlines festivals too which should be awesome. Other than that, we’re looking forward to the warmth and sunshine! Winter has dragged this year and I've spent too much time in our freezing cold van (the heaters are very temperamental). Plenty of BBQ’s to come and hopefully a visit to Paris to see my brother.

What was the first gig you ever played, and what’s been the best so far?

We did our first show at the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen in London last year, it was great, but three particular dates on that first tour were the real highlights. We did two back to back sold-out shows at The Rocking Chair in Sheffield, and a sold-out show at The Louisiana in Bristol. Since then the gigs have got better and better - The Old Blue Last in London last Tuesday night has been my favourite to date. It was packed out and the crowd were going absolutely nuts, this probably sounds really cliché but it was one of those moments where you go 'what is happening?!' Normally London crowds just stand there politely. More of this please!

October Drift's EP is available to pre-order. They're on tour at the following venues:

March

31 Hertford, Dog & Whistle

April

1 Scunthorpe, Café Indiependent

2 Sheffield, The Leadmill SOLD OUT

7 Cardiff, Undertone

9 Bristol, The Louisiana

19 London, The Social

July

9 Liverpool Calling Festival

22 – 24 Nozstock Festival

23 Tramlines Festival, Sheffield (Crystal Stage