Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & Surf Gang – Leadbelly [Video]

The wait is almost over—”POMPEII // UTILITY” is just around the corner!

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and Surf Gang make “Leadbelly” feel like a half-lit transmission from the edges, giving the new single and video the same woozy, inward pull that has made this whole collaboration so intriguing from the start. Rather than coming off like a one-off link-up, the track feels like another piece of a larger world the three have been building together—dense, hazy, and locked into its own language.

“Leadbelly” follows the earlier “Minty // Earth” teaser and serves as the latest preview of “POMPEII // UTILITY,” the long-rumored double LP from Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and Surf Gang, due April 3 via 10k / Tan Cressida / Surf Gang Records. The project is split into two sides, with MIKE on “POMPEII” and Earl on “UTILITY,” and “Leadbelly” is listed on the “UTILITY” half as track seven. This makes the video land less like a random drop and more like another breadcrumb into the full project.