Dandelion Resistance charts a course from the wistful “Dreamin”, a stripped down meditation on over-consumption, to the biting Good Old Hockey Game-inspired takedown of fossil fuel companies, “Good Old Petrol Game.” On track after track, Wallace muses about the heartache of ecological destruction, but he doesn’t leave you there: he charts a path by inviting folks to join forces and work together to stand up for a common future where wild salmon still swim through old growth forest streams.  

“Snowing in Vegas” addresses the consequences of playing roulette with the biosphere, while “You are/I am” is an anti-war song that calls the listener to resist state violence and reject the propaganda that leads men to fight to enrich the billionaire class. In plainspoken style, accompanied mainly by guitar, keyboard and layered vocals, Wallace  invites people not to despair, but to join the messy, cathartic process of raising their voices, taking to the streets, and fighting for a better future.

The album’s closing track, “I Want it Louder,” has already become a movement anthem. Written during a standoff between police and land protectors who were blockading the logging of an ancient rainforest known as Fairy Creek, the song has since taken on a life of its own. After its release, the tune quickly spread across Canada, with young climate activists in Nova Scotia adopting it as a rallying cry at Fridays for the Future climate justice protests. 

In true protest-song tradition, “People can pull this tune out of their back pocket and find themselves singing it... and teaching it to crowds who pick it up almost instantly,” Wallace says. The song’s call-and-response chorus—“I Want it Louder... Turn it Up!”—has echoed through protests from Vancouver to Halifax, establishing the song as a loud, proud anthem for civil disobedience.

On stage, Wallace’s charisma is contagious. He has that rare ability to transform any show from a sit-down folk affair into a clapping, foot stomping sing-along. Though he sings about climate disaster, racial injustice, and social inequality, his music serves as an open invitation: to join forces and flow with what he calls “the melody inside of the madness”:  finding connection in joyful resistance. 

And that’s how a fresh-faced kid from Vancouver has ended up carrying the torch once held by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. 

The Dandelion Resistance, like the fanbase that birthed it, stands as a testament to the disruptive power of music to forge meaning and connection in an increasingly polarized world.  The record is being launched on October 18th 2024 with album release parties in Vancouver (Nov 1 at Wise Hall), Salt Spring Island (Nov 8 at Fulford Hall) and Cumberland, B.C. (Nov 15 at The Weird Church).

Wallace and his fans are proving that you don’t need corporate backing to make waves—you just need a burning fire of belief, and a community that’s willing to turn the volume up: loud.