At the start of the year Glasgow punk band Rascalton were onstage at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut supporting the Van T’s.

Now the local quartet are back at the venue, this time as headliners – and on the roster of the same booking agency as Radiohead.

13 Artists have snapped the band up, meaning the lads have joined the likes of Royal Blood, Paolo Nutini and Blossoms on there.

“This is a huge step for us,” says Jack Wyles, the band’s singer.

“We are all really buzzing to be on the roster with some of our favourite bands - it feels a bit surreal actually. We've just been playing gigs having fun as best mates so it's cool that it's actually paying off for us.”

The big news follows on from the release of their thrilling This Is It track earlier this year, a driving three minute racket that railed against the state of the world, and established the foursome as a band to watch, having previously toured with the likes of Glasgow garage rockers Baby Strange.

It provoked instant comparisons to the likes of the Clash and the Libertines, something Jack takes as a huge compliment.

“Joe Strummer and Pete Doherty have always been huge influences on myself and the rest of the boys too,” he adds.

“We love how reckless the songs are and it's all straight to the point. Other bands that have influenced us would be The Strokes, Oasis, Sex Pistols, The Jam and all the classic guitar bands. We try to listen to everything though to get different kind of ideas, so we listen to a lot of Q-Tip and Mike Skinner stuff as the flow of their tunes seems effortless.”

Progress has been swift for the band, as although they’ve been pals for years, it’s only been in the last 12 months or so that Rascalton – guitarist Steve Long, bassist Mark Buchanan and drummer Greig Taylor - really formed.

“I met Steve in school when I moved to Glasgow and we'd always planned to form a band and actually came up with the name 'Rascalton' in high school,” explains Jack.

“I met Mark years later when I got asked to play drums in a band we used to play in and we've been really good friends since as we lived on the same street. He used to play lead guitar for the old band but he's a top musician so we asked him if he'd be able to play bass so he tried and it turned out he's quality.

“Peg had always been a good friend of ours too so it only made sense we drafted him into the carnage as well.”

Carnage is what they’ll bring to King Tut’s on Saturday, as they cap off this year’s King Tut’s Summer Nights festival, with support coming from Sway, Shredd and Future Glue. The event, focused around emerging Scottish talent, has a winter version too, New Year’s Revolution, which is how Rascalton supported the Van T’s earlier this year.

Being back as headliners has obviously thrilled the band.

“We’ve always wanted to play King Tut’s,” explains the frontman.

“When we got the email we were over the moon, and it’s pretty weird that we’ll be the last band at Summer Nights. So many bands have started at it and progressed from there. There’s a lot of history about it.”

After Saturday’s show, the group’s focus will switch to their next single, a double a-side featuring the tracks Lust and Alone. Due out in August on vinyl, lead track Lust isn’t quite as concerned with the state of the world as This Is It was…

“It’s actually one of the first songs we played together,” adds the singer.

“It’s about a tutor of Steve’s at college – I think everyone has fancied a teacher at some point so it’s a relatable tune!”

Rascalton, King Tut’s, Saturday, £8, 8.30pm