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10 songs that feel like Souvlaki Space Station

Matched to Souvlaki Space Station by Slowdive on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Souvlaki Space Station
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Souvlaki Space Station
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safe 35/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Sweetness and Light — Lush safe 95 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same euphoric pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Drunk in LA — Beach House moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

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L — Tycho safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same euphoric pull — sits a little calmer at 26/100. Measured 88% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Come to Me — Björk safe 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

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10 Mile Stereo — Beach House safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Break of Dawn — Michael Jackson moderate 88 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

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Lust for Life — Lana Del Rey moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Fourth of July — Galaxie 500 moderate 110 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste — Galaxie 500 moderate 85 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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When Will You Come Home — Galaxie 500 moderate 110 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Souvlaki Space Station” by Slowdive?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sweetness and Light” by Lush, “Drunk in LA” by Beach House, “L” by Tycho — the top match scores 90% 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 “Souvlaki Space Station”?

It measures 35/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 90 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 23% of songs, calmer than the other 77%. Its intensity reading of 35/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

1993 in context

The 260 songs we’ve measured from 1993 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity35
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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