Good things come to those who wait.

So do good albums.

Glasgow based band Campfires In Winter have been around the Scottish scene for several years, but it was only earlier in 2017 that their first full length record, Ischaemia, was released.

“A lot of the delay was just down to work,” explains their singer and guitarist Robert ‘Boab’ Canavan, who provides distinctive, Scottish accented vocals to the band’s explosive, dramatic rock.

“We still all work seven days a week because of the jobs we have outside the band, so there’s no days of the week where all four of us are free. We had to arrange recording sessions around that, and we’d be starting at eight at night and ending them at five in the morning. That doesn’t make for a smooth recording process, and the album had to be done in fits and starts.”

Scotland has produced plenty of top notch post-rock in the past few years, with the likes of the Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks leading the charge.

Campfires continue in that vein, and the group, who in addition to Robert include Wullie Crainey on bass, keyboardist/guitarist Scott McArthur and drummer Ewan Denny, have already been greeted by several positive reviews for Ischaemia, with Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre declaring it one of his favourite albums of the year already.

“Having something that has been positively received is brilliant,” says Boab.

“You always have a fear factor before something goes out, because you have spent so much time and effort on something, and a lot of late nights and work, and then what if no-one likes it? I’m sure every band gets that though.”

The band are originally from Croy, and have known each other since their school days. Over the years Boab reckons they’ve become more thoughtful about their songs, and that comes through on the record.

“We would get carried away before with jamming songs,” admits Boab.

“That can be great, but sometimes it’s too much. So we progressed to where someone would have an idea, and then maybe add a few more elements, and the song would start off slower. I’d maybe start with a guitar riff and then a rough idea of a bass line or rhythm, and then the rest of the guys would take it from there, rather than just trying to jam it out and getting a mish-mash of ideas.”

It has taken a lot of hard work to get the group where they are now, but all those late night recording sessions also touch upon a common problem in the music industry these days.

With very little money going around for bands, it is increasingly hard for working class bands to devote the time to their music, even if they are having some success, like Campfires were having.

“I know plenty of people who have a middle class background and this isn’t meant to be disparaging at all, but they can have it slightly easier to keep a band going because they have a little more money or don’t need another job as much,” says the singer.

“They can give themselves a push that way. We don’t have that luxury behind us. We’ve had a lot of support from our parents but we can’t take time off to focus on the band. I think you will lose a lot of good music that way.

“It’s hard to even get cheap studio time and things like that, where you can get a good piece of work record. It’s a difficult time for working class bands, and you don’t want to lose the edge they can provide with music.”

However the group are already getting gigs for throughout the year, with a Glasgow show as part of the Vegan Connections festival at the Old Hairdressers booked in for August 12 (although Bob admits three of the band are meat-eaters).

But why name their debut album after a problem with blood vessels?

“My dad had a stroke a few years ago and I knew what the word ischaemia meant, and it had always stuck with me,” explains Boab.

“Lyrically there’s a lot of body imagery with the band. I hadn’t noticed that I was talking arms or hands a lot until I was going over the lyrics for the album. But it appears all the way through, so we thought we would incorporate it into the album artwork, by Catt Hannah, and everything had connections to the body.”

Ischaemia is out now, available through campfiresinwinter.com