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10 songs that feel like Goldtone

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

Goldtone
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Goldtone
Kurt Vile
safe 21/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Dagger — Slowdive moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Stay Flo — Solange safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Sing — Slowdive safe 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same layered texture.

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Bluebeard — Cocteau Twins moderate 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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Northern Sky — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Other Voices — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Come Back to Earth — Mac Miller moderate 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same layered texture.

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Slomo — Slowdive safe 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Catch the Breeze — Slowdive safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Goldtone” by Kurt Vile?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Dagger” by Slowdive, “Book of Days” by Enya, “Stay Flo” by Solange — 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 “Goldtone”?

It measures 21/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 85 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 87% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 21/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft 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 97% 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity21
Dynamics33
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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