YOU know the drill; a new band, debut album and international tour.

But in between the adrenaline rush of high octane indie, onstage adoration, and trips to New York City, there are A LOT of photos.

Just ask Circa Waves bass player Sam Rourke.

"The last photo thing we did went on for most of the day, and I hate having my photo taken.

"It's like, how many times can you pose in a slightly different position before it becomes a bit nauseating.

"It's hardly a real problem, it's just I have images in my head of my dad going, 'is this what you do all day'?"

And it's not like Rourke is really complaining.

The six months before joining up with bandmates Kieran Shudall (vocals, guitar), Sian Plummer (drums) and Joe Falconer (guitarist), he was in 'soul destroying' queues at the Job Centre to sign on.

"Poverty was a big one, before we got together," he said.

"Me and Sean were unemployed, him for a year and me for about six months.

"We were in and out of jobs that we hate, and you end up on the dole where you feel like a scum bag."

Cue the Sound City festival in Liverpool in 2013, a chance meeting with Shudall, and a summer of intense practice.

After debut album “Get Away/Good For Me” was released in December 2013, in part a commentary on finishing university and working out what to do armed with a semi-useful degree and student overdraft, comparisons with The Libertines, The Strokes, and even Arctic Monkeys followed.

Single 'Stuck In My Teeth' then became Zane Lowe's 'hottest record in the world', before EP 'Young Chasers' was released in June this year.

While Rourke cannot explain why the garage rock four-piece are called Circa Waves, he insists the band are not compared to anyone else, after suggestions in some quarters they aimed to 'revive' the ghosts of early noughties bands.

"I hate reading that," he said.

"Who'd want to do that, that music has only just gone away?

"Whose going to read that and think, 'oh they're really cool, they're doing the same thing as 10 years ago, just slightly not as good'.

"We are indebted to all those bands but I don't see it as being a revival of any particular sound.

"I remember one review said we sound like the Arctic Monkeys, and if you expect that you're probably going to be a little disappointed, when you're throwing names of some of the biggest bands in the last 10 years around.

"We're just making songs, and we approach every gig as the same, to go out and enjoy it as much as we can."

Circa Waves play The Kazimier in Liverpool on Thursday, November 20, and Manchester Apollo on Monday, December 15.

For tickets go to circawaves.com.