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10 songs that feel like My Tears Are Becoming a Sea

Matched to My Tears Are Becoming a Sea by M83 on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
My Tears Are Becoming a Sea
M83
moderate 43/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Eveningrise — Tricky moderate 90 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Especially Me — Low moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Motion Picture Soundtrack — Radiohead moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Sextape — Deftones moderate 80 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Eurochild — Massive Attack moderate 95 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Untogether — Lush moderate 95 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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c. et al. — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Pedestal — Portishead moderate 85 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Unhappy Girl — The Doors moderate 92 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Magnets — Disclosure featuring Lorde moderate 92 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when My Tears Are Becoming a Sea is more than you want right now.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost by Lana Del Rey
Not All Who Wander Are Lost — Lana Del Rey safe 115 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 43.

Norman Fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Rey
Norman Fucking Rockwell — Lana Del Rey safe 75 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 29/100 — the pull without the edge.

First Fires by Bonobo
First Fires — Bonobo safe 85 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 7. Reads 16/100.

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Desert Island Disk — Radiohead safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Wild Imagination by Kurt Vile
Wild Imagination — Kurt Vile safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Sail On Through — Spiritualized safe 85 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge.

Strange by Galaxie 500
Strange — Galaxie 500 safe 85 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 7. Reads 16/100.

Forever (Sailing) by Snail Mail
Forever (Sailing) — Snail Mail safe 105 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 24/100, versus the original's 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “My Tears Are Becoming a Sea” by M83?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Eveningrise” by Tricky, “Especially Me” by Low, “Motion Picture Soundtrack” by Radiohead — 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 “My Tears Are Becoming a Sea” but calmer?

“Not All Who Wander Are Lost” by Lana Del Rey, “Norman Fucking Rockwell” by Lana Del Rey, “First Fires” by Bonobo keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “My Tears Are Becoming a Sea”?

It measures 43/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 100 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 39% of songs, calmer than the other 61%. Its intensity reading of 43/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 61% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity43
Dynamics67
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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