{"id":6118,"date":"2026-03-25T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-leadbelly\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:31:34","slug":"earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-leadbelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-leadbelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, SURF GANG Drop \u2018Leadbelly\u2019 + \u2018Home on the Range\u2019 tour On Deck."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-l-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feeding the fan frenzy after announcing their long-rumored collaborative album earlier this month, Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG share their new single \u201cLeadbelly.\u201d The track is the latest offering from POMPEII \/\/ UTILITY, the double LP years in the making, due out April 3rd via 10k\/Tan Cressida\/SURF GANG Records. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the album\u2019s first glimpse with the one-two punch of \u201cMinty \/\/ Earth,\u201d \u201cLeadbelly\u201d further crystallizes the synergy of MIKE and Earl\u2019s respective styles, as well as the kinship they\u2019ve developed over years of mutual admiration for each other\u2019s craft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fv_ytplayer_f530acda6b18e73817b37d4ab2969b5b\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"900\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5WKvEXXMpEw?origin=https%3A%2F%2Frapindustry.com%2Fearl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-leadbelly%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c[I\u2019m] starting to see everything \u2013 no matter who it is or how we do it \u2013 as part of the same movement,\u201d MIKE added. \u201cWe all have ownership and responsibility in a sense. It\u2019s like there\u2019s a pot, and we\u2019re responsible for putting things back into that pot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Structured as a double-sided album with MIKE on one side (POMPEII) and Earl on the other (UTILITY), SURF GANG\u2019s Harrison, evilgiane, Elipropperr, and Flea Diamonds lace an animated and frenetic framework through the project with their production, resulting in a full-circle collision of worlds that was inevitable. POMPEII \/\/ UTILITY translates those nuanced differences between MIKE, Earl &#038; SURF GANG into a singular language of their own. The producer collective\u2019s distinctly online, manic song structures give MIKE &#038; Earl a new opportunity to fold their shared propensity for coded, meditative verses into the larger community they\u2019ve built through their friendship since MIKE first caught the world\u2019s, and Earl\u2019s, attention in 2016, ahead of his cult classic 2017 album MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HUSTLE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the years since, the pair have tallied notable collaborations like \u201callstar\u201d on MIKE\u2019s 2020 album weight of the world, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/earl-sweatshirt-the-alchemist-sentry-ft-mike\/\"><strong>\u201cSentry\u201d<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>on Earl Sweatshirt and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/earl-sweatshirt-x-the-alchemist-new-album-voir-dire-vin-skully-video\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Alchemist\u2019s collab album VOIR DIRE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span> While MIKE and Earl have at times circled the idea of a full collaborative project over their decade-long friendship, the arrival of SURF GANG as a conduit made this album possible, connecting them around a shared ethos of collaboration and community-building rather than a transactional exercise. POMPEII \/\/ UTILITY evokes African and diasporic traditions where art and story are collective, iterative, relational \u2014 part of a larger whole. From top to bottom, there was a clear concerted effort to keep every angle of the project within the family. All of the art for this project, from single covers to the album cover, is pulled from work by sculptor and Earl Sweatshirt\u2019s childhood friend, Sharif Farrag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ahead of their Home on the Range tour which kicks off in June, Earl, MIKE and SURF GANG have also mysteriously unveiled three secret shows in LA, NYC and London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The official Home on the Range tour will include 26 US stops beginning June 9th in Riverside, with support from the majority of the album\u2019s guests, before taking it overseas to Europe. MIKE and Earl also announced a series of Australian and New Zealand tour dates in May, including a show at Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63841\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mike-tour-600x750.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Upcoming Live Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4\/24 \u2013 Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/22 \u2013 Auckland NZ @ Studio The Venue \u00a2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/23 \u2013 Melbourne VIC @ Timberyard \u00a2 &#038;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/24 \u2013 Sydney SYD @ Sydney Opera House Vivid Live<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/27 \u2013 Brisbane QLD @ Tivoli \u00a2 &#038;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/9 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $ %<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $ %<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/12 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $ %<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/13 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $ %<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/15 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $ %<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $ !<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/18 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $ !<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/19 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $ !<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/20 \u2013 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $ !<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $ !<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/23 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $ ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/24 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $ ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/26 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Rock &#038; Rock Hall of Fame $ ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/27 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $ ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/28 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $ ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $ @<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $ <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/2 \u2013 South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $ @<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/7 \u2013 Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $ @<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/8 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $ @<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/9 \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $ +<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/13 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National $ +<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/14 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $ +<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $ + #<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/17 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $ + #<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">7\/18 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $ +<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/7 \u2013 Katowice, Poland \u2013 OFF Festival \u20ac<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/21 \u2013 Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/22 \u2013 Salisbury, UK \u2013 We Out Here \u00a3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/25 \u2013 Glasgow, UK \u2013 o2 Academy Glasgow $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/26 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland \u2013 Vicar Street $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/27 \u2013 Paris, France \u2013 Bourse de Commerce \u2013 Pinault Collection \u00a3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/28 \u2013 Nottingham, UK \u2013 Rock City $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/29 \u2013 London, UK \u2013 All Points East \u00a3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/31 \u2013 London, UK \u2013 o2 Forum Kentish Town $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/2 \u2013 Bristol, UK \u2013 Prospect Building $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/3 \u2013 Brighton, UK \u2013 Brighton Dome $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/5 \u2013 Salisbury, UK \u2013 End Of The Road Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/6 \u2013 Paris, France \u2013 Elysee Montmartre $<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/8 \u2013 Tilburg, Netherlands \u2013 013 Poppodium $<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$ \u2013 with harrison (SURF GANG)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u20ac \u2013 Earl Sweatshirt only<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a3 \u2013 MIKE only with The Band of the Century<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a2 \u2013 with C.FRIM<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#038; \u2013 with Chef Chung<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">% with Na-Kel Smith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">! with Cletus Strap<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">? with Lerado Khalil<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">@ with Anysia Kym<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">+ with Niontay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"># with Lisha G<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/earl-sweatshirt-mike-surf-gang-leadbelly\/\">Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, SURF GANG Drop \u2018Leadbelly\u2019 + \u2018Home on the Range\u2019 tour On Deck.<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &#038; more.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeding the fan frenzy after announcing their long-rumored collaborative album earlier this month, Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG share&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}