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Two people with vinyl records for heads sit on the hood of a cream convertible on a desert highway at sunset, sharing one pair of wired headphones.

Date by ear.

Your selfie is lying. Your top ten isn’t. Pick ten songs and we’ll find the people who hear the world the way you do.

A welcome note now, a heads-up when the doors open. That’s it.

Liner notes · The manifesto

Swipe culture is dead. We brought a mixtape to the funeral.

Dating apps turned everyone into a photographer. You crop six pictures, write a bio that doesn’t sound like you, and get judged in under two seconds.

We think the fastest way to know someone is to hear what they play when nobody’s watching. So we took the photos out. All of them. Your profile is ten songs, in order. That’s it. That’s the app.

Not on this record

  • 01Selfies
  • 02Bios about hiking
  • 03Height, job, zodiac
  • 04Swiping on faces
  • 05“hey”

No photos anywhere. Not on profiles, not in chat. 0% selfies. We checked.

Record Heads · Our people

Everything but a face.

Style, posture, hands, the room, the light. You get all of it except the one thing every other app leads with. Meet the Record Heads: the whole idea, made visible.

Date by ear. No face. All taste. Your selfie is lying. Your playlist isn’t. 0% selfies. We checked.

Side A · How it works

Three ideas. That’s the app.

Everything else is kept as small as possible. If it’s a chore that doesn’t help you meet someone, it isn’t here.

  1. Two Record Heads in a record store at dusk reach for the same record in the crates, under warm amber lamps.

    Maya, 27

    Brooklyn · 3 mi

    You both picked “Dreams” · Solange in common

    02

    Cranes in the Sky

    Solange

    You both picked this

    “I've tried to drink it away too.”

    04

    Dreams

    Fleetwood Mac

    You both picked this

    “Mom's car, windows down.”

    09

    Nobody

    Mitski

    “Dancing, but make it sad.”

    Illustrative profile · real songs · press ▶

    01

    Your Ten.

    Ten songs, in order. That's the whole profile.

    Search any song and pick ten. Put them in the order that means something. Add a liner note to any of them: one line on why it's there. Call it Right now, My year or All-time.

  2. Two Record Heads slow-dance barefoot on a checkered kitchen floor at night, a turntable and two glasses of wine on the counter.

    What got you?

    Pick one of Maya’s songs.

    Say why — this becomes your opener.

    02

    Like a song, not a face.

    What got you?

    You never like a person. You like one of their songs, and say why. That note becomes the first line of the chat. No more “hey.”

    Maya’s chat, first message

    Liked your pick: Cranes in the Sky

    Cranes in the Sky

    Solange

    “I've tried to drink it away too. Still gets me every time.”

  3. Two Record Heads in the front seats of a car at night, a cassette in the dash and the city lights blurred ahead.

    The Mixtape · Maya × You

    Your first mixtape together.

    1. 01Both

      Cranes in the Sky

      Solange

    2. 02Both

      Dreams

      Fleetwood Mac

    3. 03Maya

      White Ferrari

      Frank Ocean

    4. 04You

      Nude

      Radiohead

    5. 05Maya

      Motion Sickness

      Phoebe Bridgers

    6. 06You

      Cellophane

      FKA twigs

    7. 07Maya

      All My Friends

      LCD Soundsystem

    8. 08You

      Retrograde

      James Blake

    9. 09Maya

      Midnight City

      M83

    10. 10You

      Good News

      Mac Miller

    03

    The Mixtape.

    Your first mixtape together.

    When you both hit like, we press a ten-track mixtape from both your Tens: the songs you share first, then theirs and yours, alternating. It sits at the top of the chat. It's the first thing you made together.

Harmony · 0–100

A number for overlap, not a verdict.

We compare your Ten with theirs: songs you both picked, artists you share, genres and eras. Your Rotation leads with the best overlap. Plenty of great conversations start at Common ground.

  1. Same wavelength85+
  2. In harmony70+
  3. In tune50+
  4. Common ground30+
  5. New frequencies< 30

Side B · The provocation

Your selfie is lying.

A face tells you how someone photographs. Ten songs tell you what they play on the drive home, what got them through a whole year, and what they’d save from a fire. We know which one we’d rather date.

A billboard on a desert highway at sunset reading “Your selfie is lying. Your playlist isn’t.” beside a large record.
A wall of wheat-pasted posters alternating “Date by ear.” and “No face. All taste.”, with a passer-by walking past in the evening sun.

Tracklist Facts

1 serving per profile

Serving size10 songs

Amount per match

Harmony0–100

% Daily Value*

  • Selfies 0g0%
  • Bios about hiking 0g0%
  • Height, job, zodiac 0g0%
  • Openers that say “hey”0%
  • Liner notes ≤ 80 chars—
  • Songs you both pickedVaries

Taste 100g100%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2 AM drive home. Your values may be higher depending on your Ten.

Ingredients: ten songs (in order), liner notes (optional), a like with a reason. Contains: feelings. Made in a facility that processes mixtapes.

No face. All taste. Nothing artificial, nothing filtered.

Pricing

Free is a complete dating app.

The Album is for when you want more rotation and want to see who liked your songs. That’s it.

Free · Side A

The Single

$0forever

No card, no trial clock.

  • Your Ten, matching, messaging, song sharing, mixtapes
  • Rotation: 5 a day
  • See who liked you: Count only
  • Priority: your likes surface you first in their Rotation (not included)
Reserve my spot
A gold vinyl record resting on crumpled oxblood velvet, lit by a warm marigold glow.Premium · 7-day free trial

The Album

$59.99/ year

About $5 a month. 7-day free trial.

  • Your Ten, matching, messaging, song sharing, mixtapes
  • Rotation: Unlimited
  • See who liked you: Names, songs, notes
  • Priority: your likes surface you first in their Rotation
Reserve my spot
Is the free plan actually enough?
Yes. The Single is a complete dating app: matching, messaging, song sharing and mixtapes. We never gate a conversation, and we never gate safety.
How does the trial work?
The Album is free for 7 days. Cancel before the trial ends and you won't be charged. Payments go through Stripe.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes, from your profile: “Manage subscription” opens Stripe's portal. You keep The Album until the end of the period you paid for.
Do I need Spotify or Apple Music?
No. Search any song right in the app. Previews come from Apple's public iTunes catalogue, so there's nothing to connect.

More questions? Read the FAQ

Run-out groove · Last track

Ten songs. That’s the whole profile.

It takes about three minutes. No wrong answers, only honest ones.

A giant vinyl record setting into a calm ocean like the sun, under a sky of marigold, tangerine and pink bands.