Review: Harry Styles - ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’

At this point in his solo career, Harry Styles is too established to chase approval and expectations. As a result, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally feels surprisingly carefree compared to Harry’s House and Fine Line. Having taken a minimalistic route, the album isn’t as sonically complex as the previous two, but rather laid-back and lean. “Aperture” opens with a beat and is mostly completed with Styles’s vocal. Similarly, most songs from the album don’t feel like they’re trying so hard, but rather what comes forth naturally.

Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occsionally feels like a low effort album, but maybe that’s exactly the point. Nearly every song on the record can stand on its own. From more energetic tracks like ‘Pop’ and ‘Are You Listening Yet?’ to the stripped-down ‘Carla’s Song,’ each is just as catchy and hard-hitting as the last, which is something rare to see in an album.

Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally allows different eras in Styles’ career to show up naturally. Die-hard fans have drawn comparisons to the singer’s One Direction days and early in his solo pivot, which is exactly why it works. Its simplicity and fluidity may have just made it the best album Styles has put out since he went solo.