sometimes by my bloody valentine
sometimes by my bloody valentine runs at 128 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 128 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 5:19
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding shoegaze track blending indie rock with high energy and a swung feel at 128 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on suspended chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 128
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Second genre
- indie rock
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
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