Harry Styles is getting ready to release his long-awaited fourth albumAlmost four years on from the release of his Grammy-winning Harry’s House, Harry Styles fans’ patience is about to be rewarded.On Friday, the chart-topping singer will unveil his fourth album, the curiously-titled Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.In the run-up to the release, critics have been weighing in on Harry’s new material, with the reception so far – phew! – being varying levels of positive.While the jury’s out on whether the album might represent a case of style over substance – and, indeed, whether that actually matters – many critics have also warned fans that the album might not quite be the collection of floor-fillers and club bangers they’ve been led to believe, but if they embrace Harry’s new sound and go with it, they’ll find themselves won over.Here’s a selection of what critics are saying about Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally…The Guardian (3/5) “Painting everything in muted shades is a risk that intermittently pays off. On the plus side, it gives what’s here a unified atmosphere […] But there are points where it feels like it’s all mood and no material, where subtly lit songs pass by pleasantly enough, but don’t really linger in your memory afterwards.”Variety“Initially, fans may greet this album with confusion or hesitant enthusiasm, because it may not be what they were dreaming of or expecting. But do we really want the same birthday present every year?”Harry Styles on stage at the Brit Awards last weekBBC News“There’s a lot going on. On his fourth album, Styles is clearly working through some major stuff […] As such, there’s little to compare with the straightforward joy of Watermelon Sugar, or the keening desire of As It Was – but Styles isn’t stupid enough to alienate his fanbase entirely.”NME (4/5) “Largely, Styles taking a new approach to things really works – ‘Kiss All The Time…’ feels like an album that you’ll really want to spend a lot of time with, letting all its layers envelope you. But, very occasionally, there are things that don’t quite hit the target. […] As Styles has shown us, though, even life’s blips have value, and these instances can’t stop his fourth album from feeling like a triumph.”The Standard (4/5) “The album is distinctly ‘Harry’, deliberately current, and undoubtedly Styles’s best album yet. [It is] Harry Styles doing what Harry Styles does best. Releasing a series of impeccably produced pop bangers, each better than the last.”The Times (4/5) “That’s the appeal of this musically deep, lyrically shallow, curiously laid-back album: hanging out with pop’s Mr Easy.”Harry Styles in the music video for his recent number one single ApertureThe Telegraph (3/5)“With feather-light melodies, gauzy synths and sketchily oblique references to ‘perfect lighting’, sessions with ‘well-fed’ therapists, elegant hangovers and dining on ‘your favourite pastries’, it sometimes sounds like an episode of Emily In Paris set to sub bass and cool beats. Yet it is expected to land like Godzilla crushing everything in its path. Who needs substance when you have an abundance of style?”Rolling Stone UK“[Harry’s] new-found freedom that shapes the backbone of his excellent fourth album. It’s eclectic, impossible to pigeonhole and, ultimately, all the better for it.”Daily Mail (4/5) “Those expecting rowdy rave anthems should be wary, though. There are indeed several dance numbers, including recent single Aperture and the funky Dance No More. But on the whole, the mood on the 12 new songs that cocoon the listener in a wall of silky sound and supple vocals is subtle and restrained.”Billboard“Styles fleshes out his introspection more inventively, weaving in acoustic instrumentation, jagged beats and bursts of feedback that thrive on the push and pull of delayed gratification. There is a fresh immediacy, even a hint of intensity, to some of these songs, if not necessarily the sense of release that the Billboard Hot 100-topping lead single Aperture foreshadowed.”MORE MUSIC NEWS:If You Missed Out On Harry Styles Tickets, Netflix Can Help Soften The BlowKesha Slams Donald Trump Administration Over ‘Disgusting’ Video Using Her MusicOn This Tour May Contain New Music, Raye Just Continues To Level-Up As An Artist HuffPost UK – Athena2 – All Entries (Public) Read More