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10 songs that feel like With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept

Matched to With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept by Explosions in the Sky on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
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With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
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intense 60/100 intensity 80 BPM
Christmas Steps — Mogwai intense 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Killing All the Flies — Mogwai intense 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 80 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Isle of the Dead — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 66 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 88 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

I Know You Are But What Am I — Mogwai intense 90 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Man with a Harmonica — Ennio Morricone intense 75 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

Trio Élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9 — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 60 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Marche Slave — Tchaikovsky intense 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept is more than you want right now.

Tunic (Song For Karen) — Sonic Youth moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 65/100, down from 60.

Die schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert
Die schöne Müllerin — Franz Schubert moderate 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 57/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Valentine by Snail Mail
Valentine — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 58/100.

Madonna by Snail Mail
Madonna — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. 47/100, versus the original's 60.

Heat Wave — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 43/100, down from 60.

All Around You — Sturgill Simpson moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge.

Cold by Chris Stapleton
Cold — Chris Stapleton moderate 65 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 59/100.

Summertime/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child by Mahalia Jackson
Summertime/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child — Mahalia Jackson moderate 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. 45/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept” by Explosions in the Sky?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Christmas Steps” by Mogwai, “Killing All the Flies” by Mogwai, “Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 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.

What songs are like “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept” but calmer?

“Tunic (Song For Karen)” by Sonic Youth, “Die schöne Müllerin” by Franz Schubert, “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 “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 80 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus5/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 9/10, 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

Intensity60
Dynamics89
Tempo22
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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