In Brief

Huntington Beach ska crew outfits itself as a gaggle of geeky cartoon superheroes and sings dumb, nutty songs about fast-food chicken, pirates, weird science experiments and girls (“I’m your man / I don’t care if we live in a garbage can”). Hints of Devo only make you hanker for some trace of witty culture-plumbing, but all you get it is an exercise in gimmicky juvenilia.

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