Nahko and Medicine for the People’s new album, HOKA, is set for release on June 10. This is the group’s third full-length and the band’s namesake explains, “Hoka is a Lakota word, an indigenous tribe from the Great Plains, it is a call to action. It’s what Crazy Horse would say when he went into battle, ‘Hoka, hey!’ My call is to put action to the words that I speak and the lyrics I sing. Not just to talk, but to do. This is the soundtrack of the movement for a better planet. I want to challenge myself and others to make a change.”

Today we premiere “Love Letters To God” from the forthcoming record (which is currently available for pre-order at nahko.com). Nahko tells Relix, “In a time where guns, politics, and wealth divide and separate us from nature and each other, this poem to Creator asks the question: are you listening to our prayers? Because it’s crazy down here…”