I hear you, but with that tuning of the timpani and the piano line, as well as the sheer number of notes in the melody, I have to say that I feel like the dissonance is a device related to the lyrics. Like thenewgreen, I have a spot for her. I'm glad to see this, as I haven't followed what she was up to.
no i agree that they're important, I just feel like she could've used a slightly different progression. I'm very happy to have found her, especially since I'm trying to branch out from my narrowing taste in music >.< let me know if there are any tracks that are a must-listen.
Do you follow the #weeklymusicthread? There are some other interesting music tags going on these days and a whole bunch of users that I've talked to in order to find music to broaden my tastes. In particular, flagamuffin, cgod, Owl and thenewgreen. I don't know if you have a musical direction in mind, but if you like saxophones, check this out..