Quirky pop duo Petrie build on their propensity for lovelorn millennial lyrics on “Texting You”

Before the latest track to be shared from their forthcoming debut album Superstore, Petrie have set the precedent for the collection with a handful of stellar singles including “June”, “Regulate” and recent bop “Too Damn Busy”. On “Texting You” they deploy a more chilled vibe than their prior outings of sugary throwback pop.

“Texting You” is one of the oldest songs on the record, which Petrie describe as “an impressionistic poem-turned-jazz-ballad. We’ve lost that poem now but it started something like: “Last May we met and fell in love / you told me everything at once / I felt free, like summer / like the birds tattooed across your back”.

“How that became a big sad banger with 808s and lyrics about George’s Ford Fiesta is a mystery lost in the sands of time. However, that stanza can act as a prelude not only to the song it became but also to Superstore as a whole.”