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10 songs that feel like Hearing Voices

Matched to Hearing Voices by Galaxie 500 on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Hearing Voices
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Hearing Voices
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safe 16/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Dark Sky Island — Enya safe 72 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Show Me the Place — Leonard Cohen moderate 60 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — runs a little hotter at 25/100. Measured 90% alike.

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Solstice — Björk safe 70 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Pax Deorum — Enya safe 60 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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Lothlórien — Howard Shore safe 60 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same layered texture.

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Dagger — Slowdive moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Yesterday's Wine — Willie Nelson safe 70 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100).

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Things Behind the Sun — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Boy with a Coin — Iron & Wine safe 72 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100).

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Hearing Voices” by Galaxie 500?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Dark Sky Island” by Enya, “Book of Days” by Enya, “Show Me the Place” by Leonard Cohen — 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 “Hearing Voices”?

It measures 16/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 95% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 16/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, 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 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

1990 in context

The 238 songs we’ve measured from 1990 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity16
Dynamics22
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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