Fair point you sound like you had far more music knowledge than me. I was still at school without much knowledge of independent music. The Roses were really a first glimpse of that world for me. Although retrospectively i heard the influences. Thinking Primal Scream had ripped them off the...
Everything's Alright Forever was a great Album, they went a bit poppy after that and lost me a bit though. Although I do remember playing Wake Up Boo as the sun came up after a big night out on a fair few occasions.
Each to their own on that score i think. I have listened to it consistently for nearly 25 years and it have never sounded monotonous to me. Maybe my ears were a little young at the time but to me it sounded like so many things but at the same time it was brand spanking and sparkling new...