‘yáágo dootlizh’ by earth surface people feels like a map made from memory.
it’s an album that’s difficult not to love.

this indigenous music collective, based in arizona, makes music like no one else. a soul-funk-jazz fusion spun from ancestral stories and communal rhythm. the production breathes – saxophone flares, watercolour harmonies, synths that glimmer like stars under the surface.

standout banger ‘dance me outside’ mixes chic-style disco, a dash of gil scott heron with a vocal delivery that’s genuine and human and it all really, really works. it can feels like a musical montage at times, but when the ingredients are this good, we’re basically hooked.

‘we ain’t going home’ might be the grooviest head nodder of the year, it’s irresistible, and fizzes along with jazzy outkast-style energy. and that hook? damn!

a swirling testament to improvisation, survival, and the love that holds everything together. it’s a world to enter, and we love it.

thank u for making this earth surface people ❤️