3 Steps Closer Get Personal On "You Taught Me"

A lot has changed since Jason Pietruszka's band 10 Seconds Later was a household staple in the Jewish Alt Rock community. He is recently married, working at a steady paying job and overall trying to give back to his community. Dude has been taking it easy.

But, as the case may be, domesticity has only allowed him to hone his sound. With his new group 3 Steps Closer, a nod towards the ritualistic three steps taken before reciting the Jewish Silent Prayer, Jason has upped the production as well as the content. While his former monikers were content to play out in the vein of, then megastars, Fall Out Boy and Incubus, 3 Steps Closer is a mature group dealing with issues of family, faith and inner strength.

The new video for "You Taught Me" is nothing short of a mission statement for the groups newest efforts. When I asked Jason what inspired the song he said "It's about family. [It's about having] someone who was always there for you and wanting to be able to grow up and let go of their hand so to speak. While still retaining their lessons and keeping them in your heart." 

The video shows Jason intimately waxing nostalgic about growing up, in a bashed out garage as a backdrop in an attempt to convey the disillusionment of memory and the disorganization of the psyche. At the same time images of a young father and son are tastefully clipped in to bring the idea of continuity to the foray. Pretty touching stuff for a dude who wrote a song about Subway Sandwiches.

Check it out below.

Spoiler Alert: Roee and Noah from almost-made-it pop-punk group Downstream Clash pops up at the end!