The Incredible Shrinking Dickies is a burst of late-’70s hyperactive California punk. But while most such bands display surly conviction, giddy good humor dominates here. Seven of the thirteen tracks clock in at under two minutes each, and everything sounds the same, from covers of “Eve of Destruction,” the Monkees’ “She” and Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” to originals like “Mental Ward” and “Rondo (The Midget’s Revenge).”

- Trouser Press