Album Reviews
Stoke Signals (featuring former members of Promise Me This and Holy Fangs) have played their first show as early as January of this year, but that didn’t stop the LA-based band from hitting the ground running. With a full-length already in the can, sprinting Usain Bolt-style is more like it, actually. The album is called ‘Make Dying Fun’ and it comes with a dozen melodic punk rock bangers.
Check out cuts like ‘Burning Daylight’, single ‘Holy Fangs’ and ‘Neon’ to get a good idea of what these guys are capable of. Not only do they already sound like a well-oiled unit, but these songs pack all the energy and melody you can ask for, delivered with a healthy dose of grit. I’m sure there are better comparisons, but think of ‘Dude Ranch’ era Blink-182 if they were a Fest band and had something to say that transcends poop jokes.
Make Dying Fun track listing:
- Alternative Medicine
- How To Lose A War
- Burning Daylight
- Hook Line And Sinking
- Holy Fangs
- Take The Wheel
- Neon
- Nothing To Worry About
- Mummy
- Seven Mornings
- Leviathan
- The Collapse Of Western Mysticism
Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.
