Mood Index

• Adventurous: Albums that are action-packed and exploratory, mostly instrumental. Think riding through the jungle in a jeep with Indiana Jones. See also: Exploratory
• Aggressive
• Angsty
• Anxious
• Apocalyptic
• Atmospheric
• Autumnul: Autumn vibes, orange
• Bittersweet
• Breezy: Light and easy, good vibes
• Brooding
• Busy
• Carefree
• Cathartic
• Chaotic
• Cinematic
• Cold
• Colorful
• Communal
• Complex
• Confident
• Contemplative: Music that gives you space for contemplation, or has contemplative lyrics. See also: Introspective, Reflective
• Cosmic: Vast, expansive music that recalls the cosmos, often with a spiritual undertone
• Dark
• Depressive
• Desert
• Driving
• Eclectic
• Eerie
• Elegant
• Energetic
• Epic
• Ethereal
• Exploratory
• Fiery (See also: Passionate)
• Forest
• Futuristic
• Gloomy
• Groovy
• Happy
• Heartbroken
• Heavy
• Hedonistic
• Hypnotic
• Intense
• Intimate
• Introspective
• Light
• Lonely
• Loner – As opposed to “lonely” moods, albums with a “loner” vibe tend to appreciate and romanticize solitude. (See also: Outsider)
• Loose
• Meandering: Music that wanders in noparticular direction
• Meditative: Music that puts the mind in a meditative state, usually either rhythmically hypnotic or soft/soothing.
• Melancholy
• Mellow
• Monochromatic
• Monolithic
• Morning
• Mournful
• Murky
• Mysterious
• Nocturnal
• Noisy
• Ominous
• Outsider
• Passionate
• Paranoid
• Pastoral
• Peaceful
• Philosophical
• Playful
• Poetic
• Powerful
• Primal
• Psychedelic: Not strictly referring to psychedelic as a style, but music that makes you “wander in the mind” and seems to have synesthetic, hallucinogenic properties
• Rainy
• Raw
• Retro
• Romantic
• Rootsy
• Rustic
• Sad
• Satirical
• Sensual
• Sentimental
• Serpentine: Slithery, snake-like qualities
• Sexual
• Shadowy
• Simple
• Sinister
• Sleepy
• Slow
• Soothing
• Sparse
• Spiritual
• Stoned
• Summer
• Sunny
• Surreal
• Suspenseful
• Theatric
• Tribal
• Upbeat
• Uplifting
• Vibrant
• Warm
• Watery