Los Angeles melodic punks Stoke Signals return October 31st with ‘Making Enemies’, a four-song EP that captures the band’s loudest, rawest, and most collaborative work to date. The release arrives via Hey! Fever Records and follows their 2024 debut LP ‘Make Dying Fun’, which Punk Rock Theory praised for delivering “all the energy and melody you can ask for, delivered with a healthy dose of grit.”
The band—Giuliano Messina (vocals/guitar), Chris Perez (guitar/vocals), Jordan Calhoun (bass), and Michael Nusbaum (drums)—leaned fully into their DIY roots, self-recording in their Culver City lockout space with amps dimed, drum mics aimed at a toilet for reverb, and gang vocals shouted behind bathroom doors. The chaos was later mastered by Paul Miner (Death By Stereo, Thrice), preserving the sweat-drenched live energy that’s quickly becoming their signature.
On October 3rd, Stoke Signals drop the EP’s lead single ‘Rockville Winters Build Character’, an anthem for overlooked blue-collar underdogs. Directed by Tucker Bennett, the accompanying video debuts the same day on Hey! Fever Records’ YouTube channel. The track sets the tone for the record—harder, louder, and more melodic than anything the band has released before.
Album artwork comes courtesy of LA tattoo artist Paul Deters (Rabble Rouser Tattoo).
‘Making Enemies’ EP tracklist:
01. Rockville winters build character
02. Floodlights
03. The beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with River Phoenix still gets me so hyped
04. Jersey’s right over there