No Surprises by Radiohead
No Surprises by Radiohead runs at 76 BPM in the key of F major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 76 BPM
- Key
- F major
- Length
- 3:49
- 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 76 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Tape saturation adds texture, with an intimate dry space on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, 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
- 76
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- indie rock
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- an intimate dry space
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- tape saturation
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Radiohead. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The only audio hosted here is an AI generation of that prompt, not the recording it describes.