Having been released during one of MV's most career-defining and creative periods, I was expecting Space Chanteys to be yet another exploratory folk album in the same vein as spaced-out classics Ragantula and Glorious Group Therapy were, but what I got instead was a glimpse into the future. This LP is remarkably similar to what MV & EE are releasing today (with MV's vocals more off-key than ever). There are a few nods to their peculiar Neil Young fetish (Hats Off The Bob Malloy, If The Bottle Is Empty It Ain't Worth A Dime), some slightly fried rocking numbers (Sky Ain't High) and a few folk-ragas Stand By Your Kali, but even the most spaced-out numbers, like this last track and Cocola Says Starstairs sound much more polished and restrained than usual. Perhaps it's because of the clean production or the standard group setting, but this album doesn't feel quite right to these ears. It is by no means a bad album, but it sure is an oddity from that period.