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10 songs that feel like Kindred

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

Kindred
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Kindred
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moderate 65/100 intensity 130 BPM
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I Walked — Sufjan Stevens intense 140 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100).

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Answering Machine — The Replacements intense 140 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Same layered texture.

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Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone — Neutral Milk Hotel intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Journey Through the Past — Neil Young moderate 95 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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The Age of Adz — Sufjan Stevens intense 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (68/100).

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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway — Genesis intense 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (68/100). Same layered texture.

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United in Grief — Kendrick Lamar intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Wire — U2 intense 140 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Same layered texture.

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Free Money — Patti Smith intense 145 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100).

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Welcome to Earth (Pollywog) — Sturgill Simpson moderate 85 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Kindred is more than you want right now.

Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken by Camera Obscura
Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken — Camera Obscura safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 23/100, down from 65. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 32/100 — the pull without the edge.

Love of My Life by Queen
Love of My Life — Queen safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 11/100.

A Song for You by Amy Winehouse
A Song for You — Amy Winehouse safe 68 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 15/100, versus the original's 65.

Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 50 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 34/100, down from 65.

Changes by Black Sabbath
Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

Which Will by Nick Drake
Which Will — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 11/100.

Baby Can I Hold You by Tracy Chapman
Baby Can I Hold You — Tracy Chapman safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 15/100, versus the original's 65.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Kindred” by Burial?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Walked” by Sufjan Stevens, “Answering Machine” by The Replacements, “Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone” by Neutral Milk Hotel — the top match scores 95% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Kindred” but calmer?

“Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken” by Camera Obscura, “Please, Please, Please” by James Brown, “Love of My Life” by Queen keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Kindred”?

It measures 65/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 85% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 65/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 86% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

2012 in context

The 262 songs we’ve measured from 2012 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity65
Dynamics67
Tempo50
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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