The Cure "Seventeen Seconds" (2016 Reissue) 2023-04-07 growing up in an age

growing up in an age of war and trying to find comfort from God and love

This second LP from Strung Out is considered by many to be Strung Out's finest moment

Entitled Disease

Ek helped the band bring their signature sound to new heights

Daniel Green and Rik Simpson

The Cure "Seventeen Seconds" (2016 Reissue) 2023-04-07 growing up in an ageThe second cure album from 1980. 'seventeen seconds' was everything the title suggested. intense. dense. bleak. it is not an album for the faint at heart. 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' hearkens back to the bands