Burping Lula zine (unknown date)
"Phred Rainey and friends give us two fine songs here. 'Orange
Kid' is the lesser of the two: it moves along well with swell
guitars draped over each other like friendly sleepy cats, but
it's over-formulaic structurally. The better B-side, 'A Smash',
features nice understated percussion and lyrics about wrecking
toy trains, and a great subtly warped noisy last twenty seconds
or so at the end, which together with the cool beginning twenty
seconds or so of the A-side frame a good bit of promise. Nice
Ralph Steadman-y drawings with paint splotches on the cover, and
orange (of course) vinyl."-Horsewald Gribbish
Collegiate Times-January 15, 1993
In your Xmas season scramble to find the perfect scent of bath
soap for grandma, you may have overlooked the December release
of 'Orange Kid', a seven-inch single from Blacksburg's very own
Joe the Fireman... 'Orange Kid' has everything you'd expect on
the Aside of a single plus the added bonus of honest quality.
A fast-paced rant with melodic and powerful guitar work and vocals,
'Orange Kid' is catchy without sacrificing substance. The B-side
features another new song, 'A Smash'. Here the pace is drastically
slowed for a long lament culminating with a distorted feedback
whine. The sound of Joe the Fireman isn't easy to characterize,
but influences of such bands as the Minutemen, Firehose, Dream
Syndicate and Mission of Burma are apparent."-Travis Major
JOE THE FIREMAN
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