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10 songs that feel like Trailer Trash

Matched to Trailer Trash by Modest Mouse 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
Trailer Trash
Modest Mouse
intense 88/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Ful Stop — Radiohead intense 95 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100).

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When the Levee Breaks — Led Zeppelin intense 70 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (90/100). Same complex texture.

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The March of the Black Queen — Queen intense 95 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (92/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Erlkönig — Franz Schubert intense 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It runs a little hotter at 94/100. Same complex texture.

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Descending — Tool intense 90 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Distant Sky — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds intense 60 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (89/100). Same complex texture.

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Breathing — Kate Bush intense 85 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (91/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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St. Matthew Passion — Johann Sebastian Bach intense 100 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (85/100). Same complex texture.

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Window — Fiona Apple intense

A 86% feel-match — carries the same angry pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (89/100).

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Blood on the Leaves — Kanye West intense 95 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (92/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Automate by Snail Mail
Automate — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 58/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Light Blue by Snail Mail
Light Blue — Snail Mail moderate 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge.

Valentine by Snail Mail
Valentine — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 58/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Pieces of a Man — Gil Scott-Heron moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

My Eyes by Travis Scott
My Eyes — Travis Scott moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 61/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Before We Drown by Depeche Mode
Before We Drown — Depeche Mode moderate 95 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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River — Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 51/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Fine Again — Seether moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Trailer Trash” by Modest Mouse?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ful Stop” by Radiohead, “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin, “The March of the Black Queen” by Queen — the top match scores 98% 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 “Trailer Trash” but calmer?

“Automate” by Snail Mail, “Light Blue” by Snail Mail, “Valentine” by Snail Mail keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Trailer Trash”?

It measures 88/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, extreme sudden shifts, and dynamic 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 88/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, extreme shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 98% 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
Focus0/10
Workout6/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1997 in context

The 389 songs we’ve measured from 1997 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. 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

Intensity88
Dynamics78
Tempo25
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load50

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

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