Stoke Signals have a really great song with a really long name.
Despite only having started in 2024, Los Angeles melodic punks Stoke Signals have been doing big things, having shared stages with everyone from The Lawrence Arms to Dillinger Four. Their new EP Making Enemies drops today on Hey! Fever Records and today they’re premiering the lyric video for the song “The Beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade With River Phoenix Still Gets Me So Hyped” off the new EP. With a dose of Dude Ranch-era Blink-182 (but with a whole lot more passion than snark), this song is a blast of pop hooks, unforgettable melodies, and electrifying energy.
“This song is probably the most Stoke Signaly song of our discography,” the band say about the song with the verbose title. “Not so much that it sounds the most like a Stoke Signals song (it actually doesn’t because most of our songs are E-C#m-A – now you know our secret) , but just like everything about how it was made. Jordan started the skeleton of the song with a demo he made for his old band he was in a few years ago that never got used. He uploaded it to the drive and then G stokified it with better riffs because Jordan sucks at guitar. Mike then made the drums super sick. After G wrote lyrics Chris and Jordan added some gang vocal parts, and then we got Chris Stout from Heartwells to join in on the fun and we even added some organs to impress our uncle’s in Empired.
“At the time, the song was called ‘Heart Attack On A Plane Over the Pacific,’ but one day, Mike randomly texted our group chat saying: ‘The beginning of indiana jones and the last crusade with river phoenix still gets me so hyped,’ and we were like, you know what, that’s what this song needs to be called instead. It kind of works because that scene is super epic and this is one of our more epic songs, with the big riffy intro and one of our more dynamic bridges. If this song doesn’t get you pregnant, nothing will.”
Check out the lyric video below.
The band even made a browser arcade game called Stoke Signals Presents: Making Enemies – A Hey! Fever Records Fighting Game! and you can play for a Bandcamp discount code for the new EP. Check it out here.
Tour Dates
- Nov 7, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Escondite
- Nov 10, 2025 – Irvine, CA @ KUCI 88.9FM’s Broken Sound (live on air)
- Nov 14, 2025 – Apple Valley, CA @ Frogee’s Cocktail Lounge
(More dates TBA)
Making Enemies is out today and you can order it from Hey! Fever Records. Follow Stoke Signals on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok for future updates.
