Same is a D minor song that spends most of its time on the bVII, C. The bass anchors C for nearly a third of the track. The singer parks on C too, so his most-used note is the flat-seventh, not the tonic. When the chord underneath is Dm the C is a b7; when it drops to the C chord the same note becomes the root.
Same · Hooray For Earth
D minor · 112 BPM · 5 min, chord root top-six is D 55, G 25, E 24, F 18, C 10, Bb 8
The whole-song 2-second chord-root window count is D 55, G 25, E 24, F 18, C 10, Bb 8. That reads as i, iv, ii°/E, III, bVII, VI in D minor natural. The E pops up 24 times, which is unusual for pure Aeolian since E minor over a D-minor field is not diatonic in natural minor. That points to Dorian, where the sixth degree is raised to B and the iv chord becomes major (G major). Bass histogram G 27.5% plus the E-chord presence confirms Dorian rather than natural minor.
favorite momentThe E chord in a D-minor song. Sign of Dorian, not Aeolian.
The pull to bVII · bass sits on C 29.7%, then G 27.5%, D only 19.7%
Bass histogram over the whole song: C 29.7%, G 27.5%, D 19.7%, Eb 8.6%, F 7.3%. The bVII (C) is the top bass note. The iv (G) is second. The tonic (D) is third, at less than 20% of the time. The chord counter shows Dm still dominates as a chord label at 55 windows, but the BASS anchors bVII more than the tonic itself, so much of the Dm chord activity is actually a Dm-over-C voicing, not root-position Dm. Under Same, the floor lives one whole step below the tonic more than under it.
favorite momentThe Dm/C voicing that opens up under the vocal. The band names D minor but plants on C.
Vocal parks on C (b7) · the note is either the root of the bVII chord or the flat-seven above the i
Vocal top three pitch classes: C 25.2%, D 19.5%, G 10.8%. The singer's most-used note is not the tonic. It is the b7. When the harmony is Dm, that vocal C is the flat-seventh, giving Dm7 color. When the harmony drops to the C chord, the same vocal note is the root, and the song is momentarily in the flat side. The pivot happens over and over, one held note switching between color note and root, which is the ixi read the album title asks for: the vocal names the song's Sameness, one note doing two jobs by never moving.
favorite momentVocal C spanning both chord duties. Same note, different chord.