Hawk House is the British hip-hop trio of brothers Sam and Eman Croydon and singer Demae; together, they make music that falls squarely between the progressive soul of Iman Omari and the progressive hip-hop of A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets and Buhloone Mindstate-era De La Soul, with shades of Jamiroquai.

"Chill Pill," from the upcoming A Handshake to the Brain, benefits from insightful wordplay and melodic sound painting — hallmarks of classic hip-hop, melded with a wonderful vision of where the genre could go moving forward. Hawk House may be the face of hip-hop's evolution, and we're all the better for it. — Chris Campbell, WDET's The Progressive Underground