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Nice Day EP 
EP by His Name Is Alive Released October 27, 1997 Recorded 1996 Genre Experimental rock Length 14:22 Label 4AD (JAD 7009) Producer His Name Is Alive Professional reviews His Name Is Alive chronology Stars on ESP
(1996)Nice Day EP
(1997)Ft. Lake
(1998)Nice Day is an EP by His Name Is Alive, released by 4AD in the UK in 1997.
History
After the completion of the tour for Stars on ESP, His Name Is Alive leader Warren Defever found himself with a steady lineup for perhaps the first time in the band's history; veteran vocalist Karin Oliver and drummer Trey Many, along with newer members: vocalist Lovetta Pippen and bassist Chad Gilchrist, along 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 features a copy of a fax that Defever sent to 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 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 and the grittier side of that era in Detroit: the protopunk sounds of The Stooges and the 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"
Studio albums Livonia (1990) · Home Is in Your Head (1991) · Mouth by Mouth (1993) · Stars on ESP (1996) · Ft. Lake (1998) · Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (2001) · Last Night (2002) · Detrola (2006) · XMMER (2007) · Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (2007)Independent releases Sounds of Mexico (1994) · Finer Twilights (1997) · Great Lakes State Blues (1997) · Golden City (1998) · Radio LP (1998) · RMX's (2000) · Rare Tracks in the Snow (2000) · The Emergency LP (2000) · When the Stars Refuse to Shine (2000) · Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (2001) · Cloud Box (2004) · Brown Rice (2005) · Summer Bird (2005) · UFO Catcher (2005) · Livonia Strings (2006)Compilations Sings Man on the Silver Mountain and 8 Other Songs (1992) · King of Sweet (1993) · Always Stay Sweet (1999)Singles & EPs The Dirt Eaters EP · Universal Frequencies EP · "Country Girl" · Nice Day EP · You Need a Heart to Live EP · "Can't Always Be Loved" · "Nothing Special" · "Happy Blues" · "Write My Name in the Groove" · Raindrops Rainbow EP · Silver Makeup EP · Firefly Dragonfly EPRelated articles Categories:- 1997 EPs
- His Name Is Alive albums
- 4AD EPs
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