Optiganally Yours's Blend Of Spare Indie Pop Songwriting And Production And Strangely Lush Arrangements Has Won Critical Acclaim From The Likes Of NME CMJ Melody Maker And Cool & Strange Music Mag Among Other Publications. The Band Began With Pea Hix's Formerly Of Tit Wrench And Lucas & Friend Fascination With The Optigan A Keyboard Manufactured In The Early And Mid-'70s By Mattel. An "optical Organ " The Optigan Stores Its Sounds -- Which Range From Organs And Strings To Drum Loops And Sound Effects -- On A Collection Of Celluloid Optical Discs.