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This week Suffolk alt-rock quintet Fenrir<\/strong> head out on tour with emerging Searching Alaska<\/strong> and with their debut EP, ‘Live Like Royalty’<\/em> set to be released later this month Fenrir<\/strong> are already being labelled as “ones to watch."\u00a0<\/p>\n Their sound has been compared to the likes of Deaf Havana and Young Guns; effective passionate rock with bold hooks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fenrir<\/strong> guitarist\u00a0Mike Cockayne recently spoke to Already Heard for our regular "If I…” feature. Despite the bands melodic rock sound, Cockayne told us about his love for Maroon 5 and Busted however he also proudly discusses his love for the British independent music scene. Read on to find out more.<\/p>\n If I could re-record one song it would be…<\/strong> If I could re-live one tour\/show it would be…<\/strong> If I had the chance to play one venue it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with one band it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with any person living or dead it would be…<\/strong> If I could bring back any band that have split up, it would be…<\/strong> If I wasn’t playing music, I would be…<\/strong> If I could play a different genre it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any song it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any album it would be…<\/strong> If I could headline any festival, it would be…<\/strong> If I could organise my own festival, the bands playing would be…<\/strong> If I could play any other instrument, it would be…<\/strong> If I could give one piece of advice to a new band, it would be…<\/strong> Fenrir<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n Fenrir<\/strong> begin their UK tour with Searching Alaska\u00a0<\/strong>today.<\/p>\n March<\/span> This week Suffolk alt-rock quintet Fenrir head out on tour with emerging Searching Alaska and with their debut EP, ‘Live Like Royalty’ set to be released later this month Fenrir are already being labelled as “ones to watch."\u00a0 Their sound has been compared to the likes of Deaf Havana and Young Guns; effective passionate rock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8181],"tags":[62,122,12203,6164,13234],"class_list":["post-30517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post","tag-already-heard","tag-feature","tag-fenrir","tag-if-i","tag-mike-cockayne"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Mike Cockayne: Of our own songs I would re-record ‘Puppeteer.’ There’s alot we could improve on it. It was just too difficult a song to record in such a short space of time.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Well our first gig was with Housefires and they were incredible and the atmosphere was great, most likely due to me being so intoxicated, there was probably no one there! That or our Ipswich show supporting Under the Influence. The place was packed and it was the first time we had a full room of people we didn\u2019t know, and they seemed to really enjoy our set.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Would Wembley be a bit obvious? Other than that I\u2019m a big fan of Brixton Academy. I’ve been there twice now and I just think it looks beautiful and the sound is incredible.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
MC: Oh god who wouldn\u2019t I want to play with!? So many great bands I love right now. I actually look more forward to the possibility of playing with my kind of \u201clocal heroes\u201d because right now the unsigned music scene is amazing.<\/em><\/p>\n
: Claude Debussy. THAT would be an interesting gig.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Busted hands down. They\u2019re the reason I\u2019m even in a band in the first place. I\u2019m not afraid to admit that, they\u2019re probably my biggest influence…<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Probably doing nothing, working a night and day job like I do now anyway but with no ambition whatsoever. Music is all I\u2019ve wanted to do for quite some time now. I can\u2019t think of any sort of plan B.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Probably some sort of sexy funk\/jazz stuff something like the old Maroon 5 style, it just gives me goosebumps hearing music that cool! We\u2019ve tried acoustifying some songs of ours in a kind of Mumford and Sons sort of way too, personally I think we have a knack for it so that would be an alternative.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: ‘Hold On’ by Don Broco. Just about the coolest song I\u2019ve heard for years. When we were last in London we spent most of the time dancing on the escalators to this song. You would never have guessed we were all adults.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Maroon 5 \u2013 Songs about Jane. Arguably one of the best albums ever written in my opinion. So damn good!<\/em><\/p>\n
: Download I guess? Although the smaller festivals that popped up last year like Redfest etc. has had some incredible line-ups that I would have killed to be a part of, so any of those would do!<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: All my favourite local bands really and a lot of the bands we\u2019ve played with so far. Like I said, the unsigned music scene right now is so good I couldn\u2019t think of any better bands to play with or to see all together in one big festival. I won\u2019t list them as it would take a fortnight though.<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Piano or Saxophone. I dabble with Piano but I want to be a proper Pianist not just someone who can transpose some chords from guitar to piano. Such a beautiful and versatile instrument. Saxophone however is just so damn sexy, I couldn\u2019t imagine anything cooler than pulling out a saxophone and jamming some Barry White!<\/em><\/p>\n
MC: Don\u2019t give up. It\u2019s just about the most difficult thing in the world to do but if you love it, then you\u2019re a fool to let it slip away for whatever reasons. Being in a band is hard work, just like any relationship you have to resolve arguments and not just break up. I\u2019ve been gigging with the same two guys since I was 14, if we broke up everytime we argued we wouldn\u2019t have done much. As a second little bit of advice; I read a quote once which was simply \u201cplay each gig as if you were playing a stadium\u201d, you never know who\u2019s watching and it makes things so much easier when you can enjoy yourself that much even if you\u2019re playing a toilet.<\/em><\/p>\n
7th The Lanes, Bristol<\/span>
8th Community Centre, Guildford<\/span>
9th Hunters Club, Bury St Edmunds<\/span>
10th The Steamboat, Ipswich<\/span>
12th The Cave, Addlestone<\/span>
13th The Penny Whistle, Northampton<\/span>
14th The Flapper, Birmingham<\/span>
15th The Square, Harlow<\/span>
16th Hole In The Wall, Colchester<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"