Black Lab, Any other fans here? Options

[J.Sax]

It seems like nobody's heard of the band! They had like two hits back in like 1997 ("Wash It Away" and "Time Ago") and were billed as "the American U2" before there were label troubles and they broke up, later reforming on the independent scene.

Years ago around 2004-05, I found their first album in my dad's mess of a CD collection and fell in love with it. I looked them up and it turned out they had just released their long-awaited second album. I've been following them since.

Definitely my #2 band...and if it weren't for LIVE's older work, they'd be #1. If you haven't heard of them, check them out and let me know what you think. I want to spread the love! Here's a list of their official albums and some of their music videos...

1997 - Your Body Above Me
2005 - See the Sun
2006 - Your Body Above Me: The Director's Cut
2007 - Passion Leaves a Trace
2007 - Technologie

Side Projects:

2004 - Ten Million Years: Songs from the Nineteen Nineties (Paul Durham)
2006 - Cake or Death (Cake or Death)
2008 - Covers, Volume 1 (Mirror Ball Associates) [iTunes only]

Music Videos (YouTube):

"Time Ago"
"See the Sun" (short edit)
"Lonely Boy"
"This Night" (The Shield mashup)
"Ghost In Your Mind" (Black Hawk Down mashup)
"Transformers Theme"

This post has been edited by J.Sax: Nov 9 2008, 7:47 pm

[J.Sax]

They could have picked some better songs to do videos for, though "Time Ago" is one of my favorite songs ever.

They're really good to the fans. They have an MP3 of the Month Club they started back in 2005. It's like $20 a year, but you're getting 12+ new tracks a year, so it's worth it. Demos, rare live recordings, experimental shit, sneak peaks at the new albums.

I might upload some of the releases if anyone's interested.

They did pretty well on Alternative Addiction's Top 50 of 2007 at #11. There's a stream of "Mine Again."
http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/bestof...sults/top50.asp

There are some streams on MySpace, too.
http://www.myspace.com/blacklabband

This post has been edited by J.Sax: Nov 9 2008, 8:43 pm

[YourFaceSucks]

They could have picked some better songs to do videos for, though "Time Ago" is one of my favorite songs ever.

I can see where the U2 comparisons come from. Song reminds me of With or Without You.