This song is different from what i know from your work, thats true.
I love this kind of ethnic songs, and i think that this song pretty much represents in a really good way this genre.
This is something i wouldnt try to do because i lack some knowledge on how to work with the kind of sounds and instruments that you used.
At 01:40 the piano & pan flute lines work good as a transition, i like how they flow so well to the point where you would release the song's tension, but that doesnt happen...i think that this "transition" sounds tricky, because as a listener i was expecting some tension release after the piano / flute line back to some epic final verse/ chorus.
At 02:51 it gets good with the introduction of the snare roll, i love this kind of military snare rolls and i think it sounds good in this song.
I think that your song is nice in general.
You can always re-work this track too.
As you say: "make it something better later"
I really like your work, you have some good and interesting tracks.
This one is just another one for my fav list.
Cheers.