A new radio-edited version of ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ by Robert Jon & The Wreck has just been released as their latest single, ahead of their October 2026 UK tour with special guests These Wicked Rivers.
Coming on with brash T. Rex style big-chorded aplomb before taking a steadier-paced but decidedly sinister storytelling narrative, Robert Jon & The Wreck may have trimmed ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ down for an edited radio rendition, but there’s still room to toss in some weirdsome scuzz psychedelic guitar so you don’t get too comfy.
“Self-produced by the band, the session was engineered and mixed by my good friend Chad Gordon, with whom I also recorded my very first album with my very first band many years ago,” lead guitarist Henry James noted. “We haven’t worked together since that time, and since then we’ve both grown a lot, so it was great to reunite.”
“The song originated at an acoustic writing session at my apartment between myself and Robert,” recalled Henry. “I’d been playing with the idea for the chorus, and I already had a complete vision of the heavy main riff, melody, lyrics and general groove.
“The main lyric is a call to action, that specifically refers to the phenomenon in which people’s actions don’t align with their words. It could be directed at society and the political climate we’re living in, just as much as it could be directed at myself or any individual, really.
“Robert and I became excited about the song, so he wrote some lines for the verse, and we brought it to the band at the next rehearsal, where it came together effortlessly. There was a youthful fervour and excitement that the song was bringing out of us. It felt different from the rest of our back catalogue.
“Everyone in the band comes from different worlds musically, and this was something that seemed to call upon some heavy ’90s riff rock, with plenty of punk, grunge and even some metal influences. We also experimented with a lot of new sonic textures that we’ve never used in this band. It was a refreshing experience.”
You can stream the single now and watch the official music video below. The full-length version can be found on the band’s recent Wreckage Vol. 3 album.
“Wreckage Vol. 3 is a compilation album made up of additional singles dating back to sessions for the Red Moon Rising album in 2023. About half of the tracks were produced by Kevin Shirley (Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart), with the remainder self-produced by the band.
“Most of these songs are stand-alone singles,” he added. “We are proud of how a lot of these songs turned out and wanted to give them a home so our fans could own the songs as physical media, be it a vinyl or CD.”
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