This ride on the coronacoaster has been 18 months and counting, with moods and self-worth the subject of endless twists and down turns. It’s more important than ever, then, to latch on to ways to successfully galvanise ourselves, to lift morale and supplement the spirit. Music is a key source of inspiration, of course, though even tried and tested favourites may have undergone something of a shift in our affections, hitting differently as their association becomes indelibly linked with a period of anxiety and uncertainty longer than most. Thank God, then, for De’Wayne, who on Radio-Active proclaims himself a ‘Young Kurt Cobain coming up’ and whose debut album brims with the kind of contagious confidence that electrifies the human spirit. Stains, if you’ll excuse ...
