Man It Feels Like Space Again is the sixth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, released on 23 January 2015 in Australia.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100
Review scores
SourceRating
Head HeritagePositive
AllMusic
DIY
Drowned in Sound7/10
Exclaim!8/10
The Guardian
musicOMH
NME
Renowned for Sound
Rolling Stone Australia

Man It Feels Like Space Again received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
NMENME'S Albums of the Year 2015201534

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Waiting Around for Grace"Nick AllbrookJay WatsonJoe RyanAllbrook5:10
2."Elvis' Flaming Star"AllbrookWatsonJoe RyanAllbrook3:25
3."Holding Out for You"RyanRyan4:44
4."Zond"AllbrookWatsonAllbrook4:04
5."Heroic Shart"AllbrookAllbrook4:05
6."Sitting Up on Our Crane"WatsonWatson6:00
7."Outside Is the Right Side"AllbrookWatsonAllbrook5:10
8."Medicine Hat"RyanRyan4:08
9."Man It Feels Like Space Again"AllbrookWatsonRyanAllbrook8:22
Total length:45:08

Personnel

Pond

  • Nick Allbrookmixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), guitar (6), background vocals (8)
  • Jay Watson – mixing, engineering, design, layout; drums (1–5, 7, 9), vocals (6), bass guitar (8)
  • Joseph Ryan – mixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (3, 8), guitar (1, 7), background vocals (2, 9), synthesizer programming (4)
  • Jamie Terry – mixing, engineering, design, layout; keyboards (1), bass guitar (3), background vocals (8)

Additional personnel

  • Rob Grant – mastering
  • Kevin Parker – mixing, engineering
  • Lukas Glickman – engineering
  • Bjenny Montero – artwork, design, layout

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)15
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)11
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)27