Hard rockers the Temperance Movement will preview their new album in Glasgow this Saturday – after tasting the blues themselves.

The group, fronted by Shawlands singer Phil Campbell, will top the bill at this year’s Tenement Trail, the all day festival that crams umpteen bands into several venues across the city for a musical jamboree.

The Temperance Movement returning will be one of the day’s biggest draws, as they reappear following the success of 2016 release White Bear.

But while their last album was a hit, life hasn’t been plain sailing for the band.

“It was a real uphill battle to get an album together from a band who were a little bit fractured,” explains Phil.

“We changed our management and we got to a place where we were a little bit fried from touring. It left us thinking what was the point of slogging through an American tour, and ‘why didn’t we do this, or go back and tour at that point’? There were a lot of regrets, a lot of issues, and that’s all in the new songs.”

At the end of recording White Bear guitarist Luke Potashnick left the band to focus on his other projects. Around a year later drummer Damon Smith also departed, wanting to spend more time with his family. They’ve been replaced by Matt White and Simon Lea respectively, meaning a time of transition for the group.

“The writing dynamic changed and we had to figure out what it was,” says Phil.

“So you immediately start writing and you’re aware a lot of it won’t be used because you’re going through a process, and then there comes a point where it just clicks. We had to get to know each other, and learn how to be another version of the band.”

The group have all had plenty of experience in other bands over the years, with Phil having a solo career and the others all working as session men, before being drawn together through a love of hard rock and blues.

Their no frills and hard hitting style earned more and more admirers over the years, leading to them being offered the chance to support the Rolling Stones a few years ago, while their tour promoting White Bear saw them headline the Barrowland.

Now Phil is hoping the next record will step things up even further, while freshening up the group’s sound in the process.

“There’s some big, bold colours on it that weren’t there with White Bear,” he explains.

“There’s a song called A Deeper Cut and, for want of a better expression, that’s like a more anthemic Coldplay. It’s really beautiful. It’s a song that was written honestly from the heart about us and our fans, and the long wait to get ourselves together.

“That might be the title for the record too, but we’ve got some big rock songs for the record too, and a couple written on the piano because I wanted more of a Leon Russell or Elton John sound in there, those old grooves. There’s some beautiful sweet moments in there with the hard, fast paced stuff.”

Some of these songs will be wheeled out for the first time on Saturday night, when the band play the O2 ABC. The Tenement Trail line-up is packed with quality, from visiting acts like rising Liverpool troubadour Louis Berry and London guitar-slingers the Big Moon to homegrown talent such as punk band Rascalton, songstress Lucia and psychedelic groovers Apache Sun.

“As a music lover and a gig goer it’s an exciting thing,” raves Phil.

“Looking at it there’s so many great acts playing. I can’t wait to see Emme Woods again, she’s got a really cool sound, and I absolutely love Catholic Action. Propaganda and Rita Ora are great tunes. They sound like Joy Division but with a Glasgow swagger to me.”

Tenement Trail, various venues from 2pm, £20