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10 songs that feel like Palace Posy

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

Palace Posy
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Palace Posy
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moderate 20/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Rubycon — Tangerine Dream safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 89% alike.

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Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 85% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It sits a little calmer at 8/100.

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Other Voices — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and runs a little hotter at 26/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Lebanese Blonde — Thievery Corporation safe 90 BPM

84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 13/100.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Hours by Tycho
Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 15/100, down from 20. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Horizon by Tycho
Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sapphire by Bonobo
Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 21/100, versus the original's 20. Nearly the same tempo, too.

We Could Forever by Bonobo
We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 15/100, down from 20. Nearly the same tempo, too.

White Gloves by Khruangbin
White Gloves — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

A Love International by Khruangbin
A Love International — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

River by Enya
River — Enya safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 28/100, versus the original's 20. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Palace Posy” by Boards of Canada?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Horizon” by Tycho, “Rubycon” by Tangerine Dream, “Book of Days” by Enya — 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 “Palace Posy” but calmer?

“Hours” by Tycho, “Horizon” by Tycho, “Underwater Sunlight” by Tangerine Dream keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Palace Posy”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 95 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 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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 97% 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity20
Dynamics33
Tempo31
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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