Menswear were really well-dressed. They were hyped as being one of the most well-dressed bands in Britain. I'm not sure, but I prefer Rather Ripped somewhat; in addition to excellent songs like Reena; there is always that undercurrent of noise and dissonance, faint and muted it may be here, nevertheless it's there. It won't be there in a britpop album; not like the way Sonic Youth does it, not ingrained in the very DNA of their sound like Sonic Youth.
