[1] Drummer Jez Hindmarsh's first experimentation with drum looping is showcased on the track "Good Ships".

The track features lyrics that quote from the Electric Prunes and the Psychedelic Furs.

[3] Allmusic critic Tim Sendra praised the EP, stating: "The Space Travel, Rock 'n' Roll EP is proof that the band never wavered and was great until the very end."

Sendra described the track "Good Ships" as an "impossibly moody space ballad" and compared the country-indebted track "Hate Your Kind" to Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy".

Nevertheless, he also felt that the track "Stimulani" is "as close as the band ever got to filler, just simple chords repeated over and over with increasing volume and intensity.