A.M. NICE "Scooter b/w Man on Wire" Reviews (Phratry Records, 2019)
...“Scooter” includes some of the best qualities of 90s indie rock, ranging from Archers of Loaf to Polvo to Sebadoh, with a little Teenage Fanclub thrown in for good measure. The tightly wound, energized rhythm section of bassist Nick Hill and drummer Jerry Dirr supports Adam Nice’s soaring guitar work and equally stirring vocals. “Man on a Wire” is a track featuring jangly guitar and an anxious structure that rattles with clear XTC overtones. It is a pop song that makes the listener feel uneasy, and has a richly textured sensibility during its scant three-plus minute existence. I strongly urge a digital purchase for this EP as “Elliot the Man” is a fast, noisy explosion of energy that smashes its way through walls with a constant barrage of raw punk energy. In only three songs, one hears what sounds like three distinct bands, but this only solidifies the talents of A.M. Nice. --Jersey Beat, Rich Quinlan
"slow the tempos a tad for this year's model (intentional reference) single, but not the force. Preternaturally tight rhythm section Nick Hill, bass and (phratry head) Jerry Dirr, drums match his guitar thrashing, flashing, bashing, gnashing, and slashing with such dense intensity, that Scooter and its heavier/harder b-side "Man on a Wire" feel as stimulating even slower and allowing more impenetrable post-punk space--once again educing the bracing feeling of White Music and Go 2 XTC! A 94-second digital bonus track "Elliott the Man," returns to way faster speed, with Dirr nearly breaking his kit hiss so preposterously hard--thrilling, if now crazy, again. --Big Takeover Issue 85, Jack Rabid
A.M. NICE "End of An Era" Reviews (Phratry Records, 2018)
“Wiry, quick, pulsing, and insistent, with catchy material to inspire equally endless plays…most resemble Moving Targets crossed with the manic hyper-kinetics of 1977-1979 XTC…Hearing is believing.”—BIG TAKEOVER, Issue 83, Jack Rabid [“End of an Era” ranked in Jack’s top 50 releases of 2018]
“Modern post-punk…dissonant and infused with smart pop sensibilities…”—RAZORCAKE, Issue 108
:...punk rock swaddled in harmony and pop arrangements like a twenty-first century Buzzcocks led by the immediately hook riddled guitar playing…Rattling like an I’m the Man-era Joe Jackson and early Feelies...End of an Era snaps with bustling energy”—JERSEY BEAT
A.M. NICE DISCOGRAPHY
Your War / Patient (Digital Single Phratry Records, 2021)
Scooter b/w Man On A Wire 7”/DL (Phratry Records, 2019)
End Of An Era CD/DL (Phratry Records, 2018)
A.M. Nice 12”/CD/DL (Phratry Records, 2016)
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