Tim: 2016 arguably has two massive musical clichés. One, the “boom-wherp-boom-wherp” dance line I mentioned on Wednesday; the other, a pineapple. So Tom, I have a proposition for you. Let’s EMBRACE it – the summer, the warmth, the citrus feeling, the upcoming weekend – and introduce TROPICAL FRIDAYS.
Tom: Oh crikey. I’m okay with that, but let’s see how long it lasts. Tropical house can’t be a thing forever.
Tim: We’ve already had MØ and Matoma this month, so I say we head to Tesco, grab a bunch of coconuts, and just make it official.
Tom: That is very tropical.
Tim: So let’s get the obvious right out of the way: the narrative of the video doesn’t really make any sense at all – why has he chopped all his belongings in half?
Tom: Why have they pixelated all the drinks?
Tim: Why do we have palm trees, a beach and midday outside his windows but sunset and rain outside her indoors orchard?
Tom: That sounds like a euphemism.
Tim: Oh, it does a bit doesn’t it? Sorry. But also: where is all the wind coming from, given that the windows on the far side of his room are closed? And most of all, why can’t they both just climb out of said windows and meet up behind the house rather than smashing the entire damn wall down with a curiously not-chopped-in-half sledgehammer that he apparently keeps lying around in his living room?
BUT ANYWAY, we’re not here purely to question the video – we’re also here to discuss the music, which is, well, entirely typical of the genre. All the bits are there – marimba, steel drums, and I think we’ve even got some pan pipes in there at some point.
Tom: There’s definitely a bit of 90s influence in here too. That’s not a complaint, just an observation.
Tim: All in all, a great start for our new regular feature.
Tom: I give it a month.
Tim: Oh, you haven’t seen how much tripe we get sent. Next Friday’s a STORMER.