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10 songs that feel like August 10

Matched to August 10 by Khruangbin on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

August 10
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August 10
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safe 37/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Cypress — Tycho safe 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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Music for My Mother — Funkadelic moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same groovy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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The Ecstatics — Explosions in the Sky moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Protection — Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn moderate 85 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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The Birth and Death of the Day — Explosions in the Sky moderate 85 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Logos — Tangerine Dream safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

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Heaven for the Sinner — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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Wassoulou — Toumani Diabate moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Northern Something — Tortoise moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “August 10” by Khruangbin?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Cypress” by Tycho, “Underwater Sunlight” by Tangerine Dream, “Music for My Mother” by Funkadelic — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “August 10”?

It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 95 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 25% of songs, calmer than the other 75%. Its intensity reading of 37/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity37
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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