Muamin Collective

Muamin Collective lyricist Josiah "Zion" Quarles and producer Aaron "aLIVE" Snorton have been each other's sounding board and collaborative partners for the better part of two decades. Before they formed the group, they were two teens who met at camp during nightly freestyles, tapping out beats with pencils against bunk beds.

After that much history, it's no surprise that when the duo let someone new into their inner orbit, it wasn't someone "new" at all. For the band's latest album, "The Hues Brothers," Quarles enlisted his own brother, James "Jungle" Quarles, as a co-writer.

James, also an illustrator and responsible for the "Hues Brothers" cover art, appeared last year on a verse in Muamin's infectious single "Dig," the title track and only new material from their late 2016 album of live recordings. It was their first release since 2014's "So Blue It's Black."

"Dig," in all of its soulful glow, was a sharp contrast to the wintery, post-election backdrop of the time of its release. As James' introduction to the band, "Dig" charted the kind of sparkling highs and gritty turbulence you only find between people with a certain bond.

"Hues Brothers ' picks up where "So Blue It's Black" left off, getting back to the band's roots - much like James and Josiah are re-connecting as creatives.

The three are hard at work crafting a new album tentatively titled "Tailor made" sure to be filled with the genre bending soundscapes and dense poetics we have come to expect.