Naturally, the same can also be said for MIKE, who dedicates his sludgy drawl on POMPEII ’s “Shutter Island” to navigate the bloodletting of life on the road. But there are stretches where he and Earl get too comfortable with lethargy, something that feels especially sleepy over a wispy set of beats that tend to end where they start off. On tracks like MIKE’s “The Fall” and Earl’s sluggish “Hot Water,” the music reverts to too-familiar vestiges of their past work. With lulls in momentum across the board, it’s almost like this record functions better as a playlist. The Surf Gang formula meets the occasion on POMPEII // UTILITY with a wholesome sense of curiosity.…