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10 songs that feel like Love Like a Sunset

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

Love Like a Sunset
The song you love
Love Like a Sunset
Phoenix
moderate 53/100 intensity 128 BPM
Alberto Balsam — Aphex Twin moderate 120 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Heliosphan — Aphex Twin moderate 120 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

What's in Your Head — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 40/100. Measured 89% alike.

Omen — Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) moderate 110 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It sits a little calmer at 40/100. Same layered texture.

Shanty — Slowdive intense 95 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and runs a little hotter at 60/100.

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 47/100. Same layered texture.

New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2 — Mogwai moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 47/100. Measured 87% alike.

Eurochild — Massive Attack moderate 95 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 39/100. Same layered texture.

Supercollider — Radiohead moderate 95 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and sits a little calmer at 39/100.

Ný batterí — Sigur Rós moderate 85 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 42/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Love Like a Sunset is more than you want right now.

Für Immer by Neu!
Für Immer — Neu! safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 18/100, down from 53. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge.

Logos by Tangerine Dream
Logos — Tangerine Dream safe 100 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100.

Hours by Tycho
Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 15/100, versus the original's 53.

Horizon by Tycho
Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 20/100, down from 53.

Cypress by Tycho
Cypress — Tycho safe 95 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 37/100 — the pull without the edge.

Sapphire by Bonobo
Sapphire — Bonobo 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 21/100.

We Could Forever by Bonobo
We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 15/100, versus the original's 53.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Love Like a Sunset” by Phoenix?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Alberto Balsam” by Aphex Twin, “Heliosphan” by Aphex Twin, “What's in Your Head” by Disclosure — the top match scores 93% 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 “Love Like a Sunset” but calmer?

“Für Immer” by Neu!, “Neon Lights” by Kraftwerk, “Logos” by Tangerine Dream keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Love Like a Sunset”?

It measures 53/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 128 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 69% of songs, calmer than the other 31%. Its intensity reading of 53/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 84% 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.

2009 in context

The 218 songs we’ve measured from 2009 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity53
Dynamics67
Tempo49
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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