I hate to be a spoilsport (I say that a lot here, I know) but I'm not sure this article is going to get anyone on board the U2 train. If anything, the opposite. Long winded, defensive, preachy in a way that U2 is preachy.
It reads as more of a defense by a superfan than anything else.
Sorry. And I say that as someone who is very impressed with most of this new album, at least so far.