Karma Police by Radiohead
Karma Police by Radiohead runs at 75 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 75 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 4:21
- Genre
- indie rock
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender indie rock track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 75 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on simple triad chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 75
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- indie rock
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Radiohead. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.