How the list narrowed
The pickstop 10, best sound matches first
“melancholic, late-night driving”
This nudges the picks toward your mood. It’s a gentle lean, not a hard filter. Sound still matters most, but a strong mood match can shuffle the top of the list around. The badges show how far each song moved compared to no mood at all.
Red Eyes
The War on Drugs
Retrieved purely by sonic and vibe similarity, with a strong audio match (0.756) to Midnight City and the highest vibe alignment among retrieved tracks — its sound closely fits the melancholic, late-night driving feel you asked for.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Steve McQueen
M83
Same artist as the seed and the highest audio similarity of all candidates (0.883), plus last.fm listeners consistently pair it with Midnight City — the strongest overall match here.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Trying to Be Cool
Phoenix
A strong audio similarity (0.82) combined with last.fm co-listening data makes this a confident cultural and sonic companion to Midnight City.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Houdini
Foster the People
Surfaced by listenbrainz listener overlap and carries a solid audio similarity (0.778), suggesting fans of Midnight City regularly gravitate toward this track.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap
Matches Midnight City's audio profile closely (0.778) and appears alongside it in listenbrainz listening data, pointing to a reliable sonic and cultural connection.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Selfless
The Strokes
Retrieved by vibe/acoustic similarity with no cultural co-listening signal; its relatively modest audio similarity (0.664) is offset by the strongest vibe-text alignment among the non-vibe-lane tracks (0.361), suggesting it fits the melancholic late-night mood even if the sonic overlap is more moderate.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)1901
Phoenix
Backed by listenbrainz listener data and a reasonable audio similarity (0.73), this Phoenix track shares enough sonic ground with Midnight City to be a credible recommendation.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Tongue Tied
Grouplove
A good audio similarity (0.808) and listenbrainz co-listening signal both support this pick as a sonically close companion to Midnight City.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Into The Galaxy
Midnight Juggernauts
Last.fm listeners link this to Midnight City, and while the audio similarity is moderate (0.697), the vibe-text score (0.29) offers some additional support for the late-night atmosphere.
Listen on Deezer (opens in a new tab)Can I Call You Tonight?
Dayglow
Retrieved by vibe/acoustic similarity with no cultural overlap; the audio similarity is the lowest in the set (0.586), but it has the strongest vibe-text alignment overall (0.399), suggesting it resonates with the melancholic late-night driving mood even if it diverges sonically from the seed.
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About this snapshot
- saved
- build
- 13bf027 (work in progress)
- audio model
- laion/larger_clap_music_and_speech+mean
- blend
- 70% sound · 30% mood