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10 songs that feel like White Gloves

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

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White Gloves
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safe 16/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Step Out — José González safe 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Amid the Falling Snow — Enya safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys safe 85 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Same smooth texture.

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Samba do Avião — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 92 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Loch Raven — Animal Collective safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Easy Skanking — Bob Marley & The Wailers safe 76 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Like an Angel Passing Through My Room — ABBA moderate 72 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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May It Be — Enya safe 80 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Moonshadow — Cat Stevens safe 92 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “White Gloves” by Khruangbin?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Step Out” by José González, “Neon Lights” by Kraftwerk, “Amid the Falling Snow” by Enya — 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 “White Gloves”?

It measures 16/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 95% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 16/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype0/10

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

2015 in context

The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity16
Dynamics33
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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