Anthrocene

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree (2016)
Moderate 85 BPM
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Sensory Profile

Dynamic Range6/10
Sudden Changesmoderate
Texturelayered
Predictabilitylow
Vocal Styledynamic vocals
Notes: Features sudden breaks in percussion creating chasms of airy backing vocals and piano chords, with an unnerving non-pulse and heart-wrenching vocal delivery that evokes grief and landscape-like expanses. The production allows slivers of sunlight amid dark, formless intensity.

Misophonia Triggers

Mouth Soundsnone
Percussive Clicksnone
Breathing Soundsnone
Repetitive Micro-soundsnone

A haunting track from Skeleton Tree with Cave's grief-laden vocals over sparse, breaking percussion and piano, exploring loss in the 'age of the Anthrocene.'

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Moods: emotional, introspective, melancholy

Traditions: alternative rock, post-punk

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