Sugar for the Pill by Slowdive
Sugar for the Pill by Slowdive runs at 98 BPM in the key of E minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 98 BPM
- Key
- E minor
- Length
- 4:31
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender shoegaze track blending indie rock with high energy and a half-time feel at 98 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and shimmering open hats. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and melodic lead, built on chromatic and shifting 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
- 98
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Second 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
- half-time
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female 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 Slowdive. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.