Lloyd embarked on a solo career after the Nightingales disbanded in 1986 and formed a new backing band, the New Four Seasons.

[1] Following its broadcast, Lloyd was approached by the independent label In Tape with the offer of recording and releasing the track as a single.

He called it "an addictive single jam packed with lyrics, brass, organs, and harps" and remarked that Lloyd had "written the classic post-Motown/post-Nightingales song we could all do with right now".

He continued, "'Something Nice' bathes the worries of a mid-life crisis in a stream of up-tempo and undulating brilliance.

He noted that the music "ladders the stockings of the The, the Stranglers, and the Style Council, but gets right all the pop tricks those simpletons get wrong" and added of the lyrics, "I can relate to every word of this and I'm sure 99 per cent of our immensely intelligent readers can too.

"[6] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner commented, "The good old northern soul/Motown beat provides the perfect backdrop to Lloyd's articulate and intelligent vocals.