Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Thematically, it seems Harry set out to make a pure-blood disco album, but he and his team ran out of workable ideas and ended up making a few artsy pop songs. Then decided to give the album this title to make it seem intentional. The vibe throughout this thing is pretty unique to say the least. It seems only Harry, Kid Harpoon, and Tyler Johnson had input on this, and so I decided to do a little bit of digging on the background of the producers. Kid Harpoon is, historically, a pop producer. Tyler Johnson seems to be more on the writing side of things and has had a long history of working with Harry. Meaning that these three focused their efforts on a disco album, something that none of them seem to have any experience with, based on my little bit of research. Because of this, they harness some of the elements but completely miss at other points on the direction of this thing. The unique vibe is probably also attributed to their lack of experience in the genre. Their experience as a whole in the industry does serve them well, however, as it does provide as a one-of-a-kind listen. To quickly run through some of the track list to drive the point home, "Aperture" is long, which is not an uncommon thing in disco, but it loses a lot of its grip when it's not peaking at its chorus. "Ready, Steady, Go!" has some very cool vocal details and layering but the production as the song progresses seems like they flew a little too close to the sun as it begins to become a bit of a jumbled mess. Then heading down to "Paint By Numbers", it abandons the style of the album altogether. Truly no idea what they were even thinking by including this track on here. But... the album is good. As much as it seems like it shouldn't work, something about it does click. They knew they had a gem with "American Girls," with it being one of the more pop-focused but still embodying a more disco core. "Taste Back" through "Season 2 Weight Loss" finds a more consistent groove with some songs that are both catchy but features little electronic touches that are typically associated with disco. Then there is "Pop". Despite the name, it really is a crisp example of how this unique style comes together well. A roaring chorus and production that shows the skills of the producers. This song to me seems like the refined version of "Aperture". The closer "Carla's Song" has an excellent ending as well which really is a nice bow and tie to the ambitious project from the trio. While I imagine we will never get something like this from Harry again, I am happy that he took this detour.