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10 songs that feel like Damn These Vampires

Matched to Damn These Vampires by The Mountain Goats on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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Damn These Vampires
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safe 25/100 intensity 130 BPM
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Within — Daft Punk safe 110 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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Everything We Need — Kanye West safe 135 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Long Gone Lonesome Blues — Hank Williams safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Why Don't You Love Me — Hank Williams safe 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same smooth texture.

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A 89% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).

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Rollin' Stone — Muddy Waters safe 105 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blue Bayou — Roy Orbison safe 108 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys — Waylon Jennings safe 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It runs a little hotter at 31/100. Same smooth texture.

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Maudie — John Lee Hooker moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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Boredom — Tyler, the Creator safe 84 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Damn These Vampires” by The Mountain Goats?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Within” by Daft Punk, “Everything We Need” by Kanye West, “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” by Hank Williams — the top match scores 94% 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 “Damn These Vampires”?

It measures 25/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 130 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 25/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout4/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 3/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity25
Dynamics22
Tempo50
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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