A rock and roll star who should have been playing some of the biggest festivals in the country this summer has found himself back on the NHS frontline.
The K's, from Cheshire, were due to play at Reading and Leeds, Isle of Wight and Kendal Calling among other big events in what was expected to be their breakthrough year.
However with live gigs currently on an indefinite hiatus, it has seen one member of the indie four-piece, who have over a million plays on Spotify and sold out the Ritz in January, back in his day job as a mental health nurse.
Bassist and co-founder of the band Dexter Baker, 24, is now dealing with the effects the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown are having on vulnerable patients' mental health.
Dexter works on the home treatment and assessment team at the North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington.
At the start of this year, with a hectic summer schedule of gigs planned, he had given up his full-time contract in order to go full-time with the band and pursue his dream of making it as a fully fledged rock star.
However those plans were thrown into disarray as the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep across the country with all big events and mass gatherings cancelled.
And he has now, having had to re-apply, gone back to his day job.
"This was supposed to be our big summer, our breakthrough really. We were booked to play main stage slots at loads of the big festivals.
"This month we should have played on the main stage at Neighbourhood Weekender in our home town.
"I know everything has had to be rescheduled, from the Euros to the Olympics. And there are worse things happening at the moment.
"But it has been heartbreaking for us really.
"We were obviously really looking forward to it and we almost counting down the weeks until we were going on the road.
"This has been our dream and it was finally starting to come true.
"There are sometimes when I'm working and my mind wanders and I think, 'I should sat backstage drinking a beer waiting to play' now.
"It's the same across the music industry but obviously it hits the acts further down the chain harder I think.
"We've had loads of messages of support.
"We've done little gigs on Facebook and Instagram Live and we've had lots of interactions with our fans so that's been nice."
Dexter, who qualified four years ago and has been doing the job since leaving university, is having to don full PPE as he visits mentally ill people in their homes to and try prevent them being hospitalised at a time when the health service is so stretched.
However nine weeks of strict lockdown have taken their toll on everyone's mental health, even more so on those with long-standing conditions.
"It's obviously been hard. Lockdown has had a massive impact on people," Dexter said.
"The suicide rate has gone up and we are seeing lots of people in real crisis. But we're doing our best to help them.
"I've not been getting too anxious myself (about catching the virus). We've just been so busy I've just been getting on with it.
"I feel lucky in the sense I can help people and make a difference.
"I get a big sense of satisfaction from that.
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"It means I'm keeping busy and getting out of the house as well."
The band was formed in Earlestown near Newton-le-Willows by Dexter and singer and rhythm guitarist Jamie Boyle when they were teenagers.
They were then later joined by lead guitarist Ryan Breslin and drummer Jordan Holden.
Whilst in isolation they have written a new song called Valley One - via Whatsapp - and have recorded it and made it available to fans via Spotify and other major streaming platforms.
And Dexter says the band are simply on hold, and not cancelled for good.
"Now the restrictions are being eased we're going to get back practicing in a couple of weeks.
"And the plan is to get going again as soon as possible.
"Most of the gigs have been rescheduled for next year so hopefully at the start of next year I'll be in a position to step back and concentrate on the band again."
