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10 songs that feel like Disarray

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

Disarray
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moderate 52/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Love Like a Sunset — Phoenix moderate 128 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Loner — Burial intense 130 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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Apocalypse Dreams — Tame Impala moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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She's a Rainbow — The Rolling Stones moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Kiss Them for Me — Siouxsie and the Banshees moderate 115 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (115 BPM).

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Shanty — Slowdive intense 95 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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Poles Apart — Pink Floyd moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 92% alike.

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Carol — Slint moderate 90 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Needle in the Hay — Elliott Smith intense 85 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and runs a little hotter at 60/100.

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Come On! Feel the Illinoise — Sufjan Stevens moderate 100 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 24/100, down from 52. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 23/100, versus the original's 52.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 25/100, down from 52.

August by Taylor Swift
August — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 35/100 — the pull without the edge.

Male Fantasy by Billie Eilish
Male Fantasy — Billie Eilish safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 26/100.

The Prophecy by Taylor Swift
The Prophecy — Taylor Swift safe 96 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 17/100, versus the original's 52.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Disarray” by Low?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Love Like a Sunset” by Phoenix, “Loner” by Burial, “Apocalypse Dreams” by Tame Impala — 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 “Disarray” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Dumb” by Nirvana, “If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Disarray”?

It measures 52/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 120 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 68% of songs, calmer than the other 32%. Its intensity reading of 52/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 68% 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

Sleep1/10
Focus6/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity52
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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