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Manchester Music .co.uk describes the band's music as "urgent post-punk indie laced with darkness and claustrophobia", which we like.
The reasoning for the band's name involves a supposed mystery fourth member, who has, as yet, never shown up. Optional Wallace have had radio play on 6music, Xfm, The Rev, Gmr, BBC Manchester and Rock FM, plus on Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy's shows. Read below for what people have said about The Optionals.



Optional Wallace's "What Goes Around" / "The Ladder" 500-only, numbered release have now all sold out.
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Click here to listen to an acoustic version of Can't Explain, recorded exclusively for BBC Radio Manchester - 7th Febraury 2010.



"…"Moving Targets" is a melodic and searing gem. An intensely original and powerful EP…"
- JA Manchester Music (Demo of the week 4.5 / 5)



"We Like it a lot" (Code of Silence)
- Steve Lamacq
"Mixing their influences of 20 years ago with the dark sounds of here and now, make no mistake, Optional Wallace are ticking all the right boxes." - SECONDCITYUK.COM



"Heap praise on Optional Wallace"
Manchester Evening News
"An aural onslaught of hefty, soaring melodies, churning guitars and the melancholic delivery of Interpol." The Fly
"Slicing 80s guitar-play, yearningly passionate vocals, deep rumbles of bass and almost gothic drumming.
- Cath Aubergine - MM
".a barrage of screaming guitar machine gun fire."
- Colin Warhurst – BBC Manchester Online
"Edgy, energetic and exciting music."
- Dominic - Brash Magazine (www.brashmag.com)
"OPTIONAL WALLACE, whose exceptional song-writing recently made our jaw hit the floor when they played their debut Academy 3 show with SA Promotions."
- Stuart Avery (SA Promotions)
"Radio choice veterans and general sharps"
- FictionNonFiction



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