Seventeen Seconds (Vinyl LP) discogimp

Seventeen Seconds (Vinyl LP) discogimpThe second Cure album from 1980, dense bleak and with the addition of perennial favourite Simon Gallup on bass and the short lived but effective Mathleu Hartley on keyboards expanded the Cure's previously sparse sound, adding layers of texture that complemented Smith's longer, less accessible songs. While Play for Today harkens back to the bands poppier days, Seventeen Seconds and Secrets show that the band was not about to turn back from its new

12-cylinder space rock

somehow it's never been easier to feel lonely

focused on melody and texture

' and 'Sloop John B' (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits

As with her debut

"Tempus Fugit (alt)"

In this style

The Creek Drank the Cradle is a stunning debut and one of the best records of 2002

blue-eyed (if black-hearted) soul

The album continues the longform compositions that made up their previous works

as a global pandemic shuttered businesses and forced us to take stock of what Earth was becoming

but also rebirths and real births (Grasshopper became a father for the first time in 2014)