Weird Fishes by Radiohead
Weird Fishes by Radiohead runs at 154 BPM in the key of E minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 154 BPM
- Key
- E minor
- Length
- 5:56
- Genre
- indie rock
- Mood
- melancholy
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A melancholy indie rock track with high energy and a syncopated feel at 154 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing sparse and syncopated, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. An airy male falsetto delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Reversed swells add texture, with a dub-style tape delay 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
- sparse and syncopated
- Tempo
- 154
- Chords
- simple triad
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- indie rock
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- melancholy
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- reversed swells
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- an airy male falsetto
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.