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10 songs that feel like Loner

Matched to Loner 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.

Loner
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Loner
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intense 60/100 intensity 130 BPM
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Apocalypse Dreams — Tame Impala moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and sits a little calmer at 52/100.

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Disarray — Low moderate 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 52/100. Same layered texture.

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Shanty — Slowdive intense 95 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 93% alike.

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The Rest Is Noise — Jamie xx intense 128 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Falling Together — Jamie xx intense 128 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Pow Pow — LCD Soundsystem intense 128 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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She's a Rainbow — The Rolling Stones moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — sits a little calmer at 52/100. Measured 95% alike.

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Kiss Them for Me — Siouxsie and the Banshees moderate 115 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It sits a little calmer at 51/100. Same layered texture.

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Kemistry — Goldie moderate 170 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100).

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Shattered — The Rolling Stones intense 140 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Wish Maker — Cave In moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 60/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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So Here We Are — Bloc Party moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Down in the Tube Station at Midnight — The Jam moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Digital — Joy Division moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 49/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Shadowplay — Joy Division moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 54/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Unknown Pleasures — Joy Division moderate 132 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 54/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Nothing Feels Good — The Promise Ring moderate 140 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 51/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Somebody to Love — Jefferson Airplane moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 53/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Loner” by Burial?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Apocalypse Dreams” by Tame Impala, “Disarray” by Low, “Shanty” by Slowdive — 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 “Loner” but calmer?

“Wish Maker” by Cave In, “So Here We Are” by Bloc Party, “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” by The Jam keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Loner”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and soft 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

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 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate 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 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
Focus5/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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 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

Intensity60
Dynamics78
Tempo50
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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