dissonant

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The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal

The striking “Porcelana,” about enduring pain for fleeting pleasure, has a woozy, dissonant arrangement that mixes woodwinds, shrieking strings, and skittering percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the truth is dissonant, as Stokes pointed out.

From Salon

No matter which side of the increasingly dissonant political divide we sit on, rage emanates from either end.

From Salon

Experts say that the merger strikes a dissonant chord from a branding perspective too.

From BBC