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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 for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
98 BPM
Key
E minor
Length
4:31
Genre
shoegaze
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno 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

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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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