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Machine Gun by Slowdive

Machine Gun by Slowdive runs at 77 BPM in the key of A major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
77 BPM
Key
A major
Length
4:27
Genre
shoegaze
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender shoegaze track with driving energy and a swung feel at 77 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended 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
77
Chords
suspended
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
shoegaze
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
sustained and washy
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a wide stereo chorus
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal

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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.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Slowdive. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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