A – surprisingly – thoroughly enjoyable romp through the distressing state of current affairs seen through the eyes of Steve Wright [sic] as he takes us on a tour of the nearly fictional country of Put Up Shut Up Britain.
…I have to say I found the driving pulsating rhythms of the Protest Family totally refreshing with its infectious energy and joyfulness surprisingly uplifting.
I never thought I would find myself recommending a CD that reflects the daily news we all dread hearing but I am. Unequivocally!
I got a new one [CD player] to listen to Evidence Based Punk Rock, the new Steve White & the Protest Family album, and it is worth the money on its own: it’s an absolute tour de force. They’re another great example of genre-fluidity — think Chas n Dave meets the Tom Robinson Band with a magnificently militant Ian Duryish manic street preacher on lead vocals. Hearty singalongs interspersed with Steve’s sharp, witty performance poetry: an incredibly incisive, thoroughly enjoyable CD which sums up our battered country in 2025 to a T. Definitely my album of the year so far.
Pre-orders are now live on Bandcamp with an immediate download/unlimited stream of Oh, Noah. The CD and full digital download will be available on Friday 5 September 2025.
The cover art is based on Steve’s songwriting notebook and the CD version of the album knits the songs together into consistent narrative with sounds and poems. Yes, Evidence-Based Punk Rock (or evidence-based punk rock, depending on whether you’re listening to the CD or the download/streaming version) is nearly here.
We’ll be announcing a release date soon but first we need to get the word out there. So, if you can help us out with a review/radio play/podcast/interview/etc., please give us a shout.
This year saw a song about the floods (there’s going to be more of those, I’m sure), Greene King brewery exposed, Noah as a metaphor for Daily Mail-reading middle-England’s attitude to refugees, the unluckiest street in the UK, a love song based in a factory making weapons being used to destroy Gaza, two new additions to the Put Up Shut Up Britain collection, a song about loss, your actual five-a-day, another in the collection of St. George’s Day songs, another one about your diet, a Protest Family single, kicking out your kitchen fitters, a weather forecast for the east coast, yet another song inspired by Nick Ferrari on LBC, the follow-up to Pricks In Space, Hans Christian Anderson for the modern era, the first protest song to feature Rachel Reeves as Chancellor of the Exchequer, an attempt to expose election fraud by committing election fraud, mousetraps used to try to explain how global asset managers and index funds work, and a song that started life over a failed vegan breakfast in a Wetherspoons in Stourbridge on Remembrance Sunday.
We plan to release a new album next year. Which ones do you reckon will make the cut?
Our bestselling Love Orient Hate Racism t-shirts are now available in red and white, lovingly printed by Nevski on AWDis JC201 recycled polyester shirts.
Like a newly refurbished East Stand cautiously avoiding talk of a stadium move, we present our brand new, PA upgrade-ready, version of Brisbane Road, complete with drums and updated lyrics, which you can stream on Spotify from today.
We are working on a limited edition 7″ vinyl release, more news on that when we have it, but for now stream away, and Up The O’s!
Steve White & The Protest Family 