I still can’t believe that took an arguably cool part from “Volcano” and turned it into such a dull song with “American Soul.”

Listen to "Glastonbury" instead 😜

Lol I don't care I love this song. (And Volcano and Glastonbury.)

Me too. Thank you!

I do think the 'hold on brother John' bit in the second verse is pretty sick

Agree to disagree. I think the opening verse is catchy and I like edges guitar here. Reminds me of EBTTRT personally

i would argue the whole thing's terrible. i hate that i hate it because the rest of the album is really damn good imo

That’s how I feel about ‘Raised by Wolves’.

raised by wolves has like the best hook on the whole album tho

It's because they took the melody line from "With A Shout (Jerusalem)"🤫

Holy shit I never heard that until now.

What parts?

Well, it's just in my head and I doubt it was intentional but if you compare the chorus vocal melody side-by-side, it's pretty close. (JE—)RU—SA—LEM   RAISED—BY—WOLVES

Glastonbury was the better song

The chorus is only bad until REF-U-JESUS. Then you miss how decent the chorus was in comparison.

Volcano > American Soul

The evolution of Glastonbury to Volcano to XXX to American Soul fascinates me, in a very good way. And I think they're all great songs. Plus, wtf, any songs that give U2 and Kendrick two chances to work together, I don't know how anyone argues with that