 Their debut album , Your Body Above Me , co @-@ produced by David Bianco and the band , was released on October 21 , 1997 in the United States . Two singles from the album charted in the U.S. , the power ballad " Time Ago " and the alternative rock hit " Wash It Away " ; the album also featured the PJ Harvey @-@ penned " All the Money in the World " . The LP peaked on Billboard 's Heatseekers charts at No. 19 in 1998 , and sales of the album eventually topped 120 @,@ 000 . Reviews of Your Body Above Me noted the album 's dark , melodic modern rock sound , and were mixed but generally positive . The Washington Post called Your Body Above Me " moodily sumptuous " , Guitar Player described the music as having " drama and rhythmic urgency " , and Allmusic noted the album 's " brooding yet propulsive sound that 's actually quite intriguing " . The band subsequently toured with Days of the New , Cracker , and Our Lady Peace , and were called " The American U2 " by the San Francisco Chronicle . Black Lab songs were featured on soundtracks to Can 't Hardly Wait , Varsity Blues , Permanent Midnight , and Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and the song " Wash It Away " was also included on a charity album , Live in the X Lounge . Just as momentum was building on their debut , however , Geffen went out of business after being subsumed by Universal ; dissatisfied with the new label arrangement , Durham moved to Los Angeles , and the band broke up in 1999 . 
