# Nice Day

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Nice Day EP
| type       = [EP](/source/EP)
| artist     = [His Name Is Alive](/source/His_Name_Is_Alive)
| cover      = HNIA NiceDay-1997.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 27, 1997
| recorded   = 1996
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Experimental rock](/source/Experimental_music)
| length     = 14:22
| label      = [4AD](/source/4AD) <small>(JAD 7009)</small>
| producer   = His Name Is Alive
| prev_title = [Stars on ESP](/source/Stars_on_ESP)
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [Ft. Lake](/source/Ft._Lake)
| next_year  = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r326126|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)
| rev2score= {{rating-Christgau|dud}} [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=his+name+is+alive link]
}}
'''''Nice Day''''' is an EP by [His Name Is Alive](/source/His_Name_Is_Alive), released by 4AD in the UK in 1997.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |date=15 October 2000 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-312-24560-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVQbszFuEGMC&dq=Nice+Day+-wikipedia+His+Name+Is+Alive&pg=PA135 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
After the completion of the tour for ''[Stars on ESP](/source/Stars_on_ESP)'', [His Name Is Alive](/source/His_Name_Is_Alive) leader [Warren Defever](/source/Warren_Defever) found himself with a steady lineup for perhaps the first time in the band's history; veteran vocalist [Karin Oliver](/source/Karin_Oliver) and drummer Trey Many, along with newer members: vocalist [Lovetta Pippen](/source/Lovetta_Pippen) and bassist Chad Gilchrist, frequent guest vocalist [Dara Albro](/source/Dara_Albro) on title track with Defever himself on guitar, and newer vocalist Erika Hoffman (who sings on four of the six tracks). As a result, Defever was anxious to make a new recording and quickly recorded the tracks for this EP in late 1996. It would be almost a year later, in October 1997, before it was released. Apparently this irked Defever somewhat, as the booklet for the 1999 compilation ''[Always Stay Sweet](/source/Always_Stay_Sweet)'' features a copy of a fax that Defever sent to [4AD](/source/4AD) urging them to hurry up and release the EP.

While originally intended as a mail-order only release of 1,000 copies, the CD EP was soon re-pressed and sold in stores. The tracks were also appended to a reissue of ''Stars on ESP'' in 1998.

"Soul Resides in the Horse Barn" is a re-recording of an early His Name Is Alive song, which originally appeared on the ''[King of Sweet](/source/King_of_Sweet)'' compilation.

==Concepts==
''Nice Day'' furthers the motifs of ''Stars on ESP''—classic AM radio pop and Michigan in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but takes a more rock-oriented approach. The sound could be described as a mix between [Motown](/source/Motown) and the grittier side of that era in Detroit: the [protopunk](/source/protopunk) sounds of [The Stooges](/source/The_Stooges) and the [MC5](/source/MC5). The Motown influence comes via the increased presence of Pippen, an experienced soul and gospel singer.

==Track listing==
# "Nice Day"
# "Drive Around the Clock"
# "Crashed Up on the Corner"
# "Soul Resides in the Horse Barn"
# "Whale, You Ease My Mind"
# "Oh Sinner Man"

==References==
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{{His Name Is Alive}}

Category:1997 EPs
Category:His Name Is Alive albums
Category:4AD EPs
Category:Rock EPs

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