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10 songs that feel like First Breath After Coma

Matched to First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
First Breath After Coma
Explosions in the Sky
safe 42/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Parsifal Prelude — Richard Wagner moderate 60 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 — Johannes Brahms moderate 80 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Lifting the Veil — Charles Lloyd moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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The Great Marsh — Camel moderate 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Let's Go Away for Awhile — The Beach Boys moderate 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

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Windows — Chick Corea moderate 90 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Are We There — Mono moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Stillness — Mono safe 90 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Nardis — Charles Lloyd moderate 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

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The Coral Sea — Dirty Three moderate 70 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “First Breath After Coma” by Explosions in the Sky?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Parsifal Prelude” by Richard Wagner, “Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77” by Johannes Brahms, “Lifting the Veil” by Charles Lloyd — the top match scores 98% 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 “First Breath After Coma”?

It measures 42/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 70 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 38% of songs, calmer than the other 62%. Its intensity reading of 42/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2003 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 2003 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity42
Dynamics78
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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