"Chris Page is Ottawa, Canada’s original punk rock troubadour. 1 part Paul Westerberg, 1 part Ted Leo, 1000 parts Chris Page. Fronting power poppers Camp Radio and the legendary The Stand GT, Chris pens songs both wistful and explosive: the soundtrack to late night summer punk love. Plaintive, thoughtful, at times nostalgic, this is music that lays with memories of beginnings and endings, and might just be as crushing as a 100-watt wall of sound." – Arboretum Arts Festival "Not only will the sexy, tormented voice of Chris Page make you melt, but that guitar work of his is pure greatness. "A Date with a Smoke Machine" is haunting. The songs cling to you as the memories that made them must cling to Page. And there isn’t a single letdown in the bunch. It’s poetic and moving and constantly surprising you with lyrics like, “I creep into your sleep with panic stricken song.” Page even provides the back story for each song, revealing that even his point of view is poetic. He borrowed a friend’s guitar while on tour and used it to write the introduction to a song. He admits, “I’m not sure if taking songs out of someone’s guitar is fair game.” All’s fair in love Chris, and I love this CD. It’s a new staple for road trips and lazy Sundays." – STACEY LAWRENCE, See Magazine, Edmonton “A thread in the Americana-UK forum late last year started to debate why Canada produces so much very good music. After a few suggestions (no X-Factor was one) it turned into a list of great Canadian musicians. Chris Page wasn’t on that list – he should be. ‘A Date with A Smoke Machine‘ has (and I’m using my broadest of broad brushes to paint this picture) two types of track: the acoustic track and the electric track. The beauty of this is that Page seems to have written each song with whatever was a hand at the time. If there was something to plug the Gretsch he is holding on the back cover of the album into, then it was electric, if there wasn’t it was acoustic. Page would seem to be the sort of guy who, if he were hungry, would wander down to the local grocery store with just a vague idea of want he wanted to eat, would have a look around to see what looked good then take it home and cook it. He’s not the sort who would ponder for hours over the latest celebrity chef’s book, make an extensive list then give up because he couldn’t get the right colour pepper. He has the ability to move from the tender folky acoustics of ‘Closets Overflowing’ to the rockiness of “Fall Back Morning” without missing a beat or breaking sweat. ‘A Date With A Smoke Machine’ with it’s mix of folk and rock and punk gets better and better with every listen: 9 out of 10” - John Hawes, Americana-UK.com