i just got some new music from black lab yesterday in the mail. black lab, if you dont remember, had a couple hits way back in 1997. they were one of the last bands that were a part of that whole grunge movement in the 90s. they had a few hits with 'wash it away' and 'time ago'. i remember first hearing them on the radio back then and digging it, but i was much more obsessed with verve pipe to be distracted by any other bands.a couple years later at college when rex and i roomed together we would listen to their album 'your body above me' whenever we would hang out or play video games. i quickly gained a love for it as well. i never heard of them releasing a follow-up album, so i kind of forgot about them. several years later rex and i noticed a song in the movie 'blade: trinity' and really dug it. we waited through the credits to see who it was- low and behold it was black lab! eureka! they were still around! i did some investigating online and discovered that they had released a little 7 song ep called 'i feel fine'. i quickly bought a copy for myself, and one for rex.
ever since then, that little ep has kept creeping back into my cd player because its so catchy. it had some amazing songs on it like 'learn to crawl' and 'gone'.
well, last time i was home rex and i got to talking and black lab was mentioned again. it dawned on me: i should see if they have put out anything new! so i did. and they did! i was actually quite surprised by how much new stuff they had- they had a second album called 'see the sun', which features the songs from the ep, they have a third album called 'passion leaves a trace', and they have even gone back to their first album and remastered it and put in a couple new songs! wow! what a find! lucky for me they had a special deal for all three of them. so now i have three new albums to enjoy!
