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.
Analysis facts
- 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
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Radiohead. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The audio here is a separate track based on the style prompt.