Steel Train - "Better Love"
Steel Train has been around since 2002, but their first LP wasn't until Twilight Tales From the Prairies of the Sun in 2005. Since then, they've had two more releases, Trampoline (2007) and Steel Train (2010). They also have a companion LP for their self-titled Steel Train that is the entire album covered by female vocalists (such as Tegan and Sara, The Dirty Projectors, and many more).
Lead singer Jack Antonoff also was part of a side project with Nate Ruess (The Format), Andrew Dost (Anathello), and producer Roger Joseph Manning Jr (ex-keyboardist of Jellyfish). This side project band is called "fun." and they are slated to play at Coachella in 2011 despite rumors of the band being broken up.
The song "Better Love" is the first track from Twilight Tales From the Prairies of the Sun. The song itself is about Jack Antonoff's [former} relationship with actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson and Antonoff went to the same high school and were together when they graduated. Apparently they broke up, but Antonoff has had a difficult time recovering. It's apparent in the lyrics as well; “Fame swept her off her feet / She sees nothing she did before . . . Hey, Scarlett, you’re not the same. (NYM)” The song is clearly about their breakup and his difficulties getting over her.
Scarlett Johansson is one of the female vocalists featured on the companion album to 2010's Steel Train. So despite this song and his feelings, it's apparent they still have a relationship at some level.
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