Soul Glo have joined Sound of Saving‘s YouTube series “Song That Found Me At The Right Time” in partnership with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, contributing their own cover today (August 16). In the new video, the ascendant Philadelphia hardcore band take on a 1998 classic: System Of A Down‘s “Soil.”
Vocalist Pierce Jordan introduces the track by dismantling stereotypes about musicians who make their type of music. “Most people who play really aggressive music are pretty mild-mannered,” he says. “And I feel like partially it’s because you’re able to get out those really extreme feelings. I find people expect us to be crazy or something. I mean, I am crazy, but I’m not dangerous or unpredictable or evil.”
Jordan continues by revealing his relationship with mental health and how art has helped both him and his peers: “To be honest with you, art is the only thing that keeps my desire to be here.”
In the cover, Soul Glo adds their nuanced and left-field approach to the track's heavy dealings with depression and mental health.
Watch the video in full above, and check out our interview with Soul Glo at Primavera Sound Madrid.
