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10 songs that feel like Relatively Easy

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

Relatively Easy
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Relatively Easy
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safe 20/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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My Hometown — Bruce Springsteen moderate 92 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blowin' Smoke — Kacey Musgraves moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Happy & Sad — Kacey Musgraves moderate 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Just in Time — Dean Martin safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Furry Sings the Blues — Joni Mitchell safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Albuquerque — Neil Young safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Knockin' on Your Screen Door — John Prine safe 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds — The Mountain Goats safe 85 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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You Don't Know How It Feels — Tom Petty moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Relatively Easy” by Jason Isbell?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, “My Hometown” by Bruce Springsteen, “Blowin' Smoke” by Kacey Musgraves — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Relatively Easy”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 85 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 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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
Dinner7/10
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 5/10, 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
Dynamics44
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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