Martin Garrix – Pizza

“It starts with a brilliant string section.”

Tim: “Pizza”?

Tom: We have a contender for “worst track name of the year”. Good news though: it starts with a brilliant string section.

Tim: Like nicely cooked mozzarella.

Tom: Bloody hell, that’s a good dance track.

Tim: Hell yeah – even better than the Mighty Meaty I got from Domino’s at the weekend.

Tom: Unless Tim’s done a deal behind my back, reader, that was not sponsored content. Anyway, there are plenty of qualms to be had with this track: it doesn’t go anywhere after that first build, just repeats the whole thing over again with a bit of chiptune instead of strings. And the video is just a compilation of tour footage that makes him look a bit of a bellend.

Tim: I can’t really argue with either of those things, though I’m not so bothered about the chip tune bit. Thing is, he can’t drop back to the strings mid-track, as that would kill the vibe completely. It needs stuff around and on top of it to work as a full-on dance track. Axwell did a great job with Heart Is King, Tiësto’s made whole albums of orchestral dance – and now Martin’s joined the party.

Tom: But I’d defy anyone on a dance floor, or at a festival, or basically anywhere, not to start moving when the main bit of this kicks in. Even the cinematic strings seem to work, rather than being A Bit Too Much. Every bit of this is great.

Tim: Except the name. That’s just a nonsense.