If you want variety and experimentation.
This marked the real birth of the "Cure sound." With the addition of bassist Simon Gallup, the music became more minimalist and atmospheric, anchored by the iconic single "A Forest".
“Well?” Silas asked.
He sat in the dark for a long time after the last note faded.
He had taken the journey. From the walled garden ( Seventeen Seconds ), into the fog of grief ( Faith ), and through the fire of annihilating rage ( Pornography ). He had not found a happy ending. He had not found a solution.
He had found a shape for his own chaos. He had learned that someone else, somewhere, had felt this way too—so deeply, so purely, that they had carved it into vinyl. He wasn’t alone. He was part of a strange, sad, beautiful congregation.
Leo nodded, not sure why.