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“…it is hard to remain authentically riotous when you’re eligible for free travel on public transport.” The Leyton Orientear review of Evidence-Based Punk Rock
Rock The Joint Review Evidence-Based Punk Rock
Here’s what they had to say:
A stylish punk attitude blended with some mixed ingredients, and a biting blast at some of the things happening in our world today. We need to channel social protest into music, and whether we agree with all of it or not there is a really important role for protest music under a government that is trying to close free speech down.
[The album] is sharp, witty, biting and unashamedly political – a record that challenges, provokes and reminds us that punk, at its core, is still an attitude, a voice for the outsider. Steve White and The Protest Family have delivered an album that carries the spirit of Bragg and Dury into the present, holding a mirror up to our fractured times with both grit and humour.
Read the full review here.
A Five-Star “Must Listen” Review of Evidence-Based Punk Rock From Folk London
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!
Get your copy here.
Evidence-Based Punk Rock Release Update
Pre-orders of the album will open on Bandcamp this coming Friday (8 August) which will coincide nicely with Attila The Stockbroker’s latest column in the Morning Star. Pre-orders will come with an immediate download/stream of Oh, Noah.
The album will be released on Friday 5 September when everyone who has pre-ordered will get a download link for the whole album and CD’s will start hitting doormats.
Evidence-Based Punk Rock
Coming soon!
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.
Burn, Baby, Burn
Voices from a dying planet
The future featured on TV
In a world where only rich the folk have it
Fire’s an inevitability
And it’s getting close to the Hollywood sign
While vox pops on the evening news
Say there’s plenty in the ocean
Can’t they just jump in their pools
The President Elect
The President Elect – get this
The President Elect
He’s blaming the fish
Burn, baby, burn
An unwillingness to learn
Burn, baby, burn
An unwillingness to turn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
A blazing morning of hope, James said
The next day it’s all gone
James is blaming the liberals
James won’t listen to this song
Drill, baby, drill
Vote for who you will
Burn, baby, burn
An unwillingness to learn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
While they’re pulling overnighters
Elon blames the firefighters
Who have said for months
It could all catch fire at once
And it turns out that water
Won’t often flow uphill
It turns out The Wonderful Company
Makes the bitterest pill
It turns out that water
Ain’t in plentiful supply
You might ignore the changes
But the climate’s mighty dry
Burn, baby, burn
An unwillingness to learn
Burn, baby, burn
An unwillingness to turn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, baby, burn
Tina and My Pillow Guy
Tina believed the Big Lie
Now Tina’s gonna have to let time go by
‘Cause Tina broke in to the voting machine
To try to prove that Donald’s hands were clean
But Donald’s hands are dirty as hell
Now Tina’s hands are dirty as well
Now Tina’s gonna have to let time go by
‘Cause Tina believed the Big Lie….(and My Pillow Guy)
Tina and My Pillow Guy
Tina and My Pillow Guy (and the Big Lie)
Tina and My Pillow Guy
Will have to say goodbye
Tina believed in My Pillow Guy
Now Tina’s gonna have to let time go by
‘Cause Tina broke into the voting machine
To try to prove that Donald’s hands were clean
But Donald’s hands are dirty as hell
And Mike’s hands are dirty as well
Now Tina’s gonna have to let time go by
‘Cause Tina believed in My Pillow Guy
Tina and My Pillow Guy
Tina and My Pillow Guy (and the Big Lie)
Tina and My Pillow Guy
Will have to say goodbye
Brighton Road Studios
15th June 2024 – putting the folk into folk/punk.
Steve White & The Protest Family 