'Land & Sea Chanteys' is somehow different from Bluhm's Mother Hips material. In this way, it's reminiscent of Pete Townshend's solo work, where the narrating voice is the same, but the explorations are far more intimate than The WHO's usual path. Also shared with Townshend is the resistance for using the solo format solely to vent stylistic indulgences for their own sake [though Brian Wilson may argue "You Break Mine Too" against this].