The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Employing odd, broken rhythms and unorthodox sequences of notes and chords in a guitars-bass-drums format, Souled American basically breaks up the conventions of country-folk then reassembles them in a new and distinctive way."
The Chicago Tribune's review describes Souled American as breaking away from conventional country-folk norms, only to reinterpret and reimagine them in a fresh and distinctive manner.