Professionally known since the early 2000s for his work as a songwriter for film and television, Olson received renewed interest in his earlier independent recording when one of his songs was the subject of a musical mystery featured on the podcast Reply All.

Evan Scott Olson was born in West Point, New York during the “Summer Of Love.” His father was an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.

[4] Meanwhile, Olson and Uzzell recruited Eddie Walker and Chuck Folds for their new project, initially called Straight Ahead.

After Universal gave the album limited promotion and pushed back its release date, label representatives asked Olson to bolster sales through word-of-mouth marketing before eventually dropping him as an artist.

[8] With LoveCat's backing, Olson wrote, performed and produced his songs for Sex and the City, Dawson's Creek, The American Embassy, Felicity, Third Watch, Just Deal, 90210, Friday Night Lights, In America, Scooby-Doo, Ugly Betty, One Tree Hill, My Boss's Daughter, Laguna Beach, Real Sex, and MTV's The Hills.

[7] In revealing the identity of "So Much Better"'s songwriter, the podcast episode revived listener interest in Olson's would-be hit beyond the limited airplay it had received back in the late 1990s.