Never bought this at the time - they were one of the bands on the list that I never really felt that anyone liked them. They are an odd edition to the list, and odd in terms of Krautrock in that they don't really have any kraut tendencies. There's not Motorik beat, no crazy fuzz, no electronic experimentation. Musically they're close to Amon Duul 2 but they don't quite match they relentlessness.
So what we actually end up with is 5 tracks of fairly mid tempo heavy stoner rock and where a lot of krautrock groups tended present some kind of vision of what the future looked like, Guru Guru seemed to present what a Californian garage band rehearsal sounds like. It's okay but it's not unique enough to really hold your attention. The first three tracks are all normal fuzz and cymbals - there's a little bit of vocals on the first track, but nothing substantial - certainly nothing comprehensible.
The longest (and title) track is "out there", but in the worst possible way, all vague shredding and feedback - it's not super krautrock at 10 minutes long but it does feel longer. The last track goes back to the first three.
I guess this record reflects Cope's love of stoner rock but I think that there was nothing here that really grabbed me, and I do quite like heavy rock but the sound of men on downer drugs playing downer music does nothing for me. In short, it did not float my boat.
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