GRAIL GUARD: Still No Future (album review)
Grail Guard Still No Future TNS records 6th March 2026 As Great Britain flakes and falls apart once again, Grail Guard represent the righteous anger of the disaffected, bullied and blamed. It's impossible to separate the politics from the pop, as the message is what matters most here... although the razor-sharp songwriting amplifies it to the level of being unforgettable, with the instrumentals offering a taut canvas for frontman Riaz Rawat to unleash personal and political fury. This Midlands' quartet deliver their debut album via TNS Records, an compromising packet of ten punk rock anthems that are as hook-filled as they are caustic. Lead single People Just Like you motors along on Philthy Animal drumming, Steve Jones' indebted guitar squeals, and observational lyricism that flips the script on that oft-heard racist comment to point it back towards those that are truly responsible for the current plight of our sad country. It's followed by an even more visceral slice...