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class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>The moment we\u2019ve all been manifesting is here at last; in a long-overdue collaborative venture, Day 1 creative partners, tourmates, and, above all, actual friends Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are finally dropping a project together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just any old project, and it\u2019s surely not a scrapping together of leftover studio sessions or album outtakes, but rather, it\u2019s a fully fleshed out, 33-track, double-disc venture dubbed\u00a0<em>POMPEII\/ULTILITY, <\/em>that comes dialed-in even further with full production from NYC\u2019s producer supercollective SURF GANG.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, one of SURF GANG\u2019s founding producers alongside evilgiane and Eera, served as a key catalyst in bringing the long-time-coming collab release to fruition, handling the majority of production on the two-part LP, which features various songs and snippets that have been years in the making.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>POMPEII,\u00a0<\/em>the first disc, clocks in at 15 songs, featuring additional support from rebuke, Jadasea, Anysia Kym, Niontay, and Na-Kel Smith. Whereas the second part, <em>UTILITY, <\/em>comes equipped with a total of 18 tracks, and cameos coming from Cahuilla and Lerado Khalil.\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, the duo dropped off the double-lead single along with its visual component to kickstart the <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> rollout, melding disc one\u2019s \u201cMinty\u201d with disc two\u2019s \u201cEarth\u201d for an audiovisual \u201cMinty \/\/ Earth\u201d two-parter. The music video comes directed by Ian Lopez and Richard Phillip Smith, who strategically structured the 3:25-long endeavor as, similar to the album at large, a two-part experience; MIKE handles the first half with \u201cMinty,\u201d before Earl steps in for the second with \u201cEarth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>POMPEII<\/em><br \/>\n1. The Fall<br \/>\n2. MY WORST (rebuke)<br \/>\n3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)<br \/>\n4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anysia Kym)<br \/>\n5. THE POPE<br \/>\n6. AFRO<br \/>\n7. Minty<br \/>\n8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)<br \/>\n9. Tampering<br \/>\n10. Shutter Island<br \/>\n11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)<br \/>\n12. Back Home<br \/>\n13. Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)<br \/>\n14. #FREE #MIKE<br \/>\n15. Man of the Month\n<\/p>\n<p><em>UTILITY<\/em><br \/>\n1. this2shallpass<br \/>\n2. \ud83d\ude41 again \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n3. Home on the Range<br \/>\n4, React<br \/>\n5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)<br \/>\n6. rectangle lens<br \/>\n7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)<br \/>\n8. quikk<br \/>\n9. Ew!<br \/>\n10. Earth<br \/>\n11. Chali 2na<br \/>\n12. Sisyphus<br \/>\n13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)<br \/>\n14. Tour de France<br \/>\n15. Chicago<br \/>\n16. Book of Eli<br \/>\n17. AOK<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t Worry!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per the project\u2019s press release, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> finds the two rappers at \u201ctheir most comfortable,\u201d and conceptually, prioritizes the shared ethos of all three contributors: collaboration as community-building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere two rappers going head-to-head might otherwise incite rivalry or comparison, this project offers something rooted and communal \u2014 a shared understanding of care, joy, grief, process, and responsibility to something larger than yourself,\u201d the press release elaborates. \u201cThe album\u2019s title and conceptual framework draw from the eruption of Pompeii, with themes of building and destruction reflected in both the artwork and ethos. During one particularly baked studio session, the energy in the room slipped into a haze where they describe feeling \u2018frozen in time,\u2019 sparking the image of Pompeii.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The press release further emphasizes the sharp storytelling component of the project, calling the chemistry between Earl and MIKE on the album, \u201cunique,\u201d and signalling a thematic shift in subject matter for the pair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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.\u201d Even down to the album art, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> is a family affair, with Earl\u2019s close friend, sculptor Sharif Farrag creating all of the project\u2019s original artwork.\n<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the album announcement, MIKE and Earl also lifted the veil on a lengthy slate of headlining Home on the Range tour dates.\n<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off in June in Riverside California, the pair will embark upon a run of 26 North American shows, making stops in major cities like Denver, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Brooklyn before closing out on July 18 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. <em>Home on the Range<\/em> then heads over to Europe for a dozen shows across the UK, France and the Netherlands, with a penultimate performance in Tilburg on September 8.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Home on the Range<\/em> Tour Dates<br \/>\n6\/9 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $<br \/>\n6\/10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $<br \/>\n6\/12 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/13 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/15 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $<br \/>\n6\/16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $<br \/>\n6\/18 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $<br \/>\n6\/19 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/20 \u2013 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $<br \/>\n6\/22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $<br \/>\n6\/23 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $<br \/>\n6\/24 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $<br \/>\n6\/26 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Rock &amp; Rock Hall of Fame $<br \/>\n6\/27 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $<br \/>\n6\/28 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $<br \/>\n6\/30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $<br \/>\n7\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/2 \u2013 South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $<br \/>\n7\/7 \u2013 Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/8 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $<br \/>\n7\/9 \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $<br \/>\n7\/13 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National $<br \/>\n7\/14 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $<br \/>\n7\/15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $<br \/>\n7\/17 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $<br \/>\n7\/18 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $\n<\/p>\n<p>8\/7 \u2013 Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival \u20ac<br \/>\n8\/22 \u2013 Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/25 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ o2 Academy Glasgow $<br \/>\n8\/26 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $<br \/>\n8\/27 \u2013 Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/28 \u2013 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $<br \/>\n8\/29 \u2013 London, UK @ All Points East \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/31 \u2013 London, UK @ o2 Forum Kentish Town $<br \/>\n9\/2 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $<br \/>\n9\/3 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $<br \/>\n9\/6 \u2013 Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $<br \/>\n9\/8 \u2013 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $\n<\/p>\n<p>$ \u2013 with Harrison [SURF GANG]<br \/>\n\u20ac \u2013 Earl Sweatshirt only<br \/>\n\u00a3 \u2013 MIKE only with the Band of the Century<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Artist presale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 a.m. local time (password: UTILITY), and Spotify presale tickets go on sale Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. local time (password THEHARP). 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class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>The moment we\u2019ve all been manifesting is here at last; in a long-overdue collaborative venture, Day 1 creative partners, tourmates, and, above all, actual friends Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are finally dropping a project together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just any old project, and it\u2019s surely not a scrapping together of leftover studio sessions or album outtakes, but rather, it\u2019s a fully fleshed out, 33-track, double-disc venture dubbed\u00a0<em>POMPEII\/ULTILITY, <\/em>that comes dialed-in even further with full production from NYC\u2019s producer supercollective SURF GANG.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, one of SURF GANG\u2019s founding producers alongside evilgiane and Eera, served as a key catalyst in bringing the long-time-coming collab release to fruition, handling the majority of production on the two-part LP, which features various songs and snippets that have been years in the making.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>POMPEII,\u00a0<\/em>the first disc, clocks in at 15 songs, featuring additional support from rebuke, Jadasea, Anysia Kym, Niontay, and Na-Kel Smith. Whereas the second part, <em>UTILITY, <\/em>comes equipped with a total of 18 tracks, and cameos coming from Cahuilla and Lerado Khalil.\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, the duo dropped off the double-lead single along with its visual component to kickstart the <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> rollout, melding disc one\u2019s \u201cMinty\u201d with disc two\u2019s \u201cEarth\u201d for an audiovisual \u201cMinty \/\/ Earth\u201d two-parter. The music video comes directed by Ian Lopez and Richard Phillip Smith, who strategically structured the 3:25-long endeavor as, similar to the album at large, a two-part experience; MIKE handles the first half with \u201cMinty,\u201d before Earl steps in for the second with \u201cEarth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>POMPEII<\/em><br \/>\n1. The Fall<br \/>\n2. MY WORST (rebuke)<br \/>\n3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)<br \/>\n4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anysia Kym)<br \/>\n5. THE POPE<br \/>\n6. AFRO<br \/>\n7. Minty<br \/>\n8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)<br \/>\n9. Tampering<br \/>\n10. Shutter Island<br \/>\n11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)<br \/>\n12. Back Home<br \/>\n13. Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)<br \/>\n14. #FREE #MIKE<br \/>\n15. Man of the Month\n<\/p>\n<p><em>UTILITY<\/em><br \/>\n1. this2shallpass<br \/>\n2. \ud83d\ude41 again \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n3. Home on the Range<br \/>\n4, React<br \/>\n5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)<br \/>\n6. rectangle lens<br \/>\n7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)<br \/>\n8. quikk<br \/>\n9. Ew!<br \/>\n10. Earth<br \/>\n11. Chali 2na<br \/>\n12. Sisyphus<br \/>\n13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)<br \/>\n14. Tour de France<br \/>\n15. Chicago<br \/>\n16. Book of Eli<br \/>\n17. AOK<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t Worry!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per the project\u2019s press release, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> finds the two rappers at \u201ctheir most comfortable,\u201d and conceptually, prioritizes the shared ethos of all three contributors: collaboration as community-building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere two rappers going head-to-head might otherwise incite rivalry or comparison, this project offers something rooted and communal \u2014 a shared understanding of care, joy, grief, process, and responsibility to something larger than yourself,\u201d the press release elaborates. \u201cThe album\u2019s title and conceptual framework draw from the eruption of Pompeii, with themes of building and destruction reflected in both the artwork and ethos. During one particularly baked studio session, the energy in the room slipped into a haze where they describe feeling \u2018frozen in time,\u2019 sparking the image of Pompeii.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The press release further emphasizes the sharp storytelling component of the project, calling the chemistry between Earl and MIKE on the album, \u201cunique,\u201d and signalling a thematic shift in subject matter for the pair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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.\u201d Even down to the album art, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> is a family affair, with Earl\u2019s close friend, sculptor Sharif Farrag creating all of the project\u2019s original artwork.\n<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the album announcement, MIKE and Earl also lifted the veil on a lengthy slate of headlining Home on the Range tour dates.\n<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off in June in Riverside California, the pair will embark upon a run of 26 North American shows, making stops in major cities like Denver, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Brooklyn before closing out on July 18 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. <em>Home on the Range<\/em> then heads over to Europe for a dozen shows across the UK, France and the Netherlands, with a penultimate performance in Tilburg on September 8.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Home on the Range<\/em> Tour Dates<br \/>\n6\/9 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $<br \/>\n6\/10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $<br \/>\n6\/12 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/13 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/15 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $<br \/>\n6\/16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $<br \/>\n6\/18 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $<br \/>\n6\/19 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/20 \u2013 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $<br \/>\n6\/22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $<br \/>\n6\/23 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $<br \/>\n6\/24 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $<br \/>\n6\/26 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Rock &amp; Rock Hall of Fame $<br \/>\n6\/27 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $<br \/>\n6\/28 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $<br \/>\n6\/30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $<br \/>\n7\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/2 \u2013 South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $<br \/>\n7\/7 \u2013 Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/8 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $<br \/>\n7\/9 \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $<br \/>\n7\/13 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National $<br \/>\n7\/14 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $<br \/>\n7\/15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $<br \/>\n7\/17 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $<br \/>\n7\/18 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $\n<\/p>\n<p>8\/7 \u2013 Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival \u20ac<br \/>\n8\/22 \u2013 Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/25 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ o2 Academy Glasgow $<br \/>\n8\/26 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $<br \/>\n8\/27 \u2013 Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/28 \u2013 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $<br \/>\n8\/29 \u2013 London, UK @ All Points East \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/31 \u2013 London, UK @ o2 Forum Kentish Town $<br \/>\n9\/2 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $<br \/>\n9\/3 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $<br \/>\n9\/6 \u2013 Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $<br \/>\n9\/8 \u2013 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $\n<\/p>\n<p>$ \u2013 with Harrison [SURF GANG]<br \/>\n\u20ac \u2013 Earl Sweatshirt only<br \/>\n\u00a3 \u2013 MIKE only with the Band of the Century<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Artist presale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 a.m. local time (password: UTILITY), and Spotify presale tickets go on sale Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. local time (password THEHARP). 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class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>The moment we\u2019ve all been manifesting is here at last; in a long-overdue collaborative venture, Day 1 creative partners, tourmates, and, above all, actual friends Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are finally dropping a project together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just any old project, and it\u2019s surely not a scrapping together of leftover studio sessions or album outtakes, but rather, it\u2019s a fully fleshed out, 33-track, double-disc venture dubbed\u00a0<em>POMPEII\/ULTILITY, <\/em>that comes dialed-in even further with full production from NYC\u2019s producer supercollective SURF GANG.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, one of SURF GANG\u2019s founding producers alongside evilgiane and Eera, served as a key catalyst in bringing the long-time-coming collab release to fruition, handling the majority of production on the two-part LP, which features various songs and snippets that have been years in the making.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>POMPEII,\u00a0<\/em>the first disc, clocks in at 15 songs, featuring additional support from rebuke, Jadasea, Anysia Kym, Niontay, and Na-Kel Smith. Whereas the second part, <em>UTILITY, <\/em>comes equipped with a total of 18 tracks, and cameos coming from Cahuilla and Lerado Khalil.\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, the duo dropped off the double-lead single along with its visual component to kickstart the <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> rollout, melding disc one\u2019s \u201cMinty\u201d with disc two\u2019s \u201cEarth\u201d for an audiovisual \u201cMinty \/\/ Earth\u201d two-parter. The music video comes directed by Ian Lopez and Richard Phillip Smith, who strategically structured the 3:25-long endeavor as, similar to the album at large, a two-part experience; MIKE handles the first half with \u201cMinty,\u201d before Earl steps in for the second with \u201cEarth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>POMPEII<\/em><br \/>\n1. The Fall<br \/>\n2. MY WORST (rebuke)<br \/>\n3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)<br \/>\n4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anysia Kym)<br \/>\n5. THE POPE<br \/>\n6. AFRO<br \/>\n7. Minty<br \/>\n8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)<br \/>\n9. Tampering<br \/>\n10. Shutter Island<br \/>\n11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)<br \/>\n12. Back Home<br \/>\n13. Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)<br \/>\n14. #FREE #MIKE<br \/>\n15. Man of the Month\n<\/p>\n<p><em>UTILITY<\/em><br \/>\n1. this2shallpass<br \/>\n2. \ud83d\ude41 again \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n3. Home on the Range<br \/>\n4, React<br \/>\n5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)<br \/>\n6. rectangle lens<br \/>\n7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)<br \/>\n8. quikk<br \/>\n9. Ew!<br \/>\n10. Earth<br \/>\n11. Chali 2na<br \/>\n12. Sisyphus<br \/>\n13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)<br \/>\n14. Tour de France<br \/>\n15. Chicago<br \/>\n16. Book of Eli<br \/>\n17. AOK<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t Worry!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per the project\u2019s press release, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> finds the two rappers at \u201ctheir most comfortable,\u201d and conceptually, prioritizes the shared ethos of all three contributors: collaboration as community-building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere two rappers going head-to-head might otherwise incite rivalry or comparison, this project offers something rooted and communal \u2014 a shared understanding of care, joy, grief, process, and responsibility to something larger than yourself,\u201d the press release elaborates. \u201cThe album\u2019s title and conceptual framework draw from the eruption of Pompeii, with themes of building and destruction reflected in both the artwork and ethos. During one particularly baked studio session, the energy in the room slipped into a haze where they describe feeling \u2018frozen in time,\u2019 sparking the image of Pompeii.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The press release further emphasizes the sharp storytelling component of the project, calling the chemistry between Earl and MIKE on the album, \u201cunique,\u201d and signalling a thematic shift in subject matter for the pair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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.\u201d Even down to the album art, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> is a family affair, with Earl\u2019s close friend, sculptor Sharif Farrag creating all of the project\u2019s original artwork.\n<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the album announcement, MIKE and Earl also lifted the veil on a lengthy slate of headlining Home on the Range tour dates.\n<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off in June in Riverside California, the pair will embark upon a run of 26 North American shows, making stops in major cities like Denver, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Brooklyn before closing out on July 18 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. <em>Home on the Range<\/em> then heads over to Europe for a dozen shows across the UK, France and the Netherlands, with a penultimate performance in Tilburg on September 8.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Home on the Range<\/em> Tour Dates<br \/>\n6\/9 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $<br \/>\n6\/10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $<br \/>\n6\/12 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/13 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/15 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $<br \/>\n6\/16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $<br \/>\n6\/18 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $<br \/>\n6\/19 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/20 \u2013 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $<br \/>\n6\/22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $<br \/>\n6\/23 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $<br \/>\n6\/24 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $<br \/>\n6\/26 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Rock &amp; Rock Hall of Fame $<br \/>\n6\/27 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $<br \/>\n6\/28 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $<br \/>\n6\/30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $<br \/>\n7\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/2 \u2013 South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $<br \/>\n7\/7 \u2013 Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/8 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $<br \/>\n7\/9 \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $<br \/>\n7\/13 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National $<br \/>\n7\/14 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $<br \/>\n7\/15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $<br \/>\n7\/17 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $<br \/>\n7\/18 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $\n<\/p>\n<p>8\/7 \u2013 Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival \u20ac<br \/>\n8\/22 \u2013 Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/25 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ o2 Academy Glasgow $<br \/>\n8\/26 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $<br \/>\n8\/27 \u2013 Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/28 \u2013 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $<br \/>\n8\/29 \u2013 London, UK @ All Points East \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/31 \u2013 London, UK @ o2 Forum Kentish Town $<br \/>\n9\/2 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $<br \/>\n9\/3 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $<br \/>\n9\/6 \u2013 Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $<br \/>\n9\/8 \u2013 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $\n<\/p>\n<p>$ \u2013 with Harrison [SURF GANG]<br \/>\n\u20ac \u2013 Earl Sweatshirt only<br \/>\n\u00a3 \u2013 MIKE only with the Band of the Century<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Artist presale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 a.m. local time (password: UTILITY), and Spotify presale tickets go on sale Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. local time (password THEHARP). 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Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    earl sweatshirtMIKESURF GANG\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Mar 10, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.2K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Mar 10, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Mar 10, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.2K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>The moment we\u2019ve all been manifesting is here at last; in a long-overdue collaborative venture, Day 1 creative partners, tourmates, and, above all, actual friends Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are finally dropping a project together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just any old project, and it\u2019s surely not a scrapping together of leftover studio sessions or album outtakes, but rather, it\u2019s a fully fleshed out, 33-track, double-disc venture dubbed\u00a0<em>POMPEII\/ULTILITY, <\/em>that comes dialed-in even further with full production from NYC\u2019s producer supercollective SURF GANG.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, one of SURF GANG\u2019s founding producers alongside evilgiane and Eera, served as a key catalyst in bringing the long-time-coming collab release to fruition, handling the majority of production on the two-part LP, which features various songs and snippets that have been years in the making.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>POMPEII,\u00a0<\/em>the first disc, clocks in at 15 songs, featuring additional support from rebuke, Jadasea, Anysia Kym, Niontay, and Na-Kel Smith. Whereas the second part, <em>UTILITY, <\/em>comes equipped with a total of 18 tracks, and cameos coming from Cahuilla and Lerado Khalil.\n<\/p>\n<p>Today, the duo dropped off the double-lead single along with its visual component to kickstart the <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> rollout, melding disc one\u2019s \u201cMinty\u201d with disc two\u2019s \u201cEarth\u201d for an audiovisual \u201cMinty \/\/ Earth\u201d two-parter. The music video comes directed by Ian Lopez and Richard Phillip Smith, who strategically structured the 3:25-long endeavor as, similar to the album at large, a two-part experience; MIKE handles the first half with \u201cMinty,\u201d before Earl steps in for the second with \u201cEarth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>POMPEII<\/em><br \/>\n1. The Fall<br \/>\n2. MY WORST (rebuke)<br \/>\n3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)<br \/>\n4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anysia Kym)<br \/>\n5. THE POPE<br \/>\n6. AFRO<br \/>\n7. Minty<br \/>\n8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)<br \/>\n9. Tampering<br \/>\n10. Shutter Island<br \/>\n11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)<br \/>\n12. Back Home<br \/>\n13. Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)<br \/>\n14. #FREE #MIKE<br \/>\n15. Man of the Month\n<\/p>\n<p><em>UTILITY<\/em><br \/>\n1. this2shallpass<br \/>\n2. \ud83d\ude41 again \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n3. Home on the Range<br \/>\n4, React<br \/>\n5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)<br \/>\n6. rectangle lens<br \/>\n7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)<br \/>\n8. quikk<br \/>\n9. Ew!<br \/>\n10. Earth<br \/>\n11. Chali 2na<br \/>\n12. Sisyphus<br \/>\n13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)<br \/>\n14. Tour de France<br \/>\n15. Chicago<br \/>\n16. Book of Eli<br \/>\n17. AOK<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t Worry!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per the project\u2019s press release, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> finds the two rappers at \u201ctheir most comfortable,\u201d and conceptually, prioritizes the shared ethos of all three contributors: collaboration as community-building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere two rappers going head-to-head might otherwise incite rivalry or comparison, this project offers something rooted and communal \u2014 a shared understanding of care, joy, grief, process, and responsibility to something larger than yourself,\u201d the press release elaborates. \u201cThe album\u2019s title and conceptual framework draw from the eruption of Pompeii, with themes of building and destruction reflected in both the artwork and ethos. During one particularly baked studio session, the energy in the room slipped into a haze where they describe feeling \u2018frozen in time,\u2019 sparking the image of Pompeii.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The press release further emphasizes the sharp storytelling component of the project, calling the chemistry between Earl and MIKE on the album, \u201cunique,\u201d and signalling a thematic shift in subject matter for the pair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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.\u201d Even down to the album art, <em>POMPEII\/UTILITY<\/em> is a family affair, with Earl\u2019s close friend, sculptor Sharif Farrag creating all of the project\u2019s original artwork.\n<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the album announcement, MIKE and Earl also lifted the veil on a lengthy slate of headlining Home on the Range tour dates.\n<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off in June in Riverside California, the pair will embark upon a run of 26 North American shows, making stops in major cities like Denver, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Brooklyn before closing out on July 18 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. <em>Home on the Range<\/em> then heads over to Europe for a dozen shows across the UK, France and the Netherlands, with a penultimate performance in Tilburg on September 8.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Home on the Range<\/em> Tour Dates<br \/>\n6\/9 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $<br \/>\n6\/10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $<br \/>\n6\/12 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/13 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/15 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $<br \/>\n6\/16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $<br \/>\n6\/18 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $<br \/>\n6\/19 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $<br \/>\n6\/20 \u2013 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $<br \/>\n6\/22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $<br \/>\n6\/23 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $<br \/>\n6\/24 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $<br \/>\n6\/26 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Rock &amp; Rock Hall of Fame $<br \/>\n6\/27 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $<br \/>\n6\/28 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $<br \/>\n6\/30 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $<br \/>\n7\/1 \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/2 \u2013 South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $<br \/>\n7\/7 \u2013 Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $<br \/>\n7\/8 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $<br \/>\n7\/9 \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $<br \/>\n7\/13 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National $<br \/>\n7\/14 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $<br \/>\n7\/15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $<br \/>\n7\/17 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $<br \/>\n7\/18 \u2013 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $\n<\/p>\n<p>8\/7 \u2013 Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival \u20ac<br \/>\n8\/22 \u2013 Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/25 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ o2 Academy Glasgow $<br \/>\n8\/26 \u2013 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $<br \/>\n8\/27 \u2013 Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/28 \u2013 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $<br \/>\n8\/29 \u2013 London, UK @ All Points East \u00a3<br \/>\n8\/31 \u2013 London, UK @ o2 Forum Kentish Town $<br \/>\n9\/2 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $<br \/>\n9\/3 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $<br \/>\n9\/6 \u2013 Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $<br \/>\n9\/8 \u2013 Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $\n<\/p>\n<p>$ \u2013 with Harrison [SURF GANG]<br \/>\n\u20ac \u2013 Earl Sweatshirt only<br \/>\n\u00a3 \u2013 MIKE only with the Band of the Century<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Artist presale tickets go live on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 a.m. local time (password: UTILITY), and Spotify presale tickets go on sale Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. local time (password THEHARP). 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