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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release from British alt-pop artist/producer Jessica Winter was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Lucky Number
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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UncutJul 11, 2025Trumps her three EPs by virtue of its consummate, maxi-pop plushness and the honest realisation of its concept. [Aug 2025, p.39]
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Jul 11, 2025‘My First Album’ is an impassioned and idiosyncratic patchwork, one which paints a portrait of anxious and wistful personhood that is, on the contrary, definitive and assured.
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Jul 11, 2025Throughout, Winter's elfin yet confident vocals add a touch of vulnerability to a set of "over it" songs.
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Jul 11, 2025‘My First Album’ is bold, fascinating, and addictive. A dark pleasure for summer season.
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Jul 23, 2025It’s jarring, unhinged and idiosyncratic, in part akin to a musical at its most weird (not least on closer, ‘To Know Her’). Yet, for a performer and creative as unchained to convention as Jessica Winter, it was never going to be anything less.
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Jul 11, 2025The only issue with My First Album is that it sometimes feels a bit unfocused, and the tonal shifts the record takes can become a bit jarring.
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Jul 16, 2025You could spend days mapping the landscape of My First Album, which is woven with enough references to flummox and delight any pop nerd. The trouble with this approach – artist as nostalgic fangirl – is that it leaves you wondering who Jessica Winter is, and what her sound might have to say other than “I really love the music of my youth”.