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10 songs that feel like Leaf House

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

Leaf House
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Leaf House
Animal Collective
moderate 58/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Allergic — Post Malone moderate 130 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100).

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Lotus — R.E.M. moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Same layered texture.

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Too Late Now — Wet Leg moderate 135 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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Hollywood's Bleeding — Post Malone moderate 130 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (57/100). Same layered texture.

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Tropicália — Caetano Veloso moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100).

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The Thin Ice — Pink Floyd moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Same layered texture.

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A Strange Day — The Cure intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Play the Game — Queen moderate 140 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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I Fall Apart — Post Malone moderate 147 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (147 BPM).

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Know You Now — Amy Winehouse moderate 128 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 50/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 58.

Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 19/100.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. 12/100, versus the original's 58.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 16/100, down from 58.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 32/100.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 23/100, versus the original's 58.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Leaf House” by Animal Collective?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Allergic” by Post Malone, “Lotus” by R.E.M., “Too Late Now” by Wet Leg — 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.

What songs are like “Leaf House” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Monday Morning” by Fleetwood Mac, “Dumb” by Nirvana keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Leaf House”?

It measures 58/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 58/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 90% 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 / hype6/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity58
Dynamics56
Tempo56
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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