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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Uncut
    Jul 11, 2025
    80
    Trumps her three EPs by virtue of its consummate, maxi-pop plushness and the honest realisation of its concept. [Aug 2025, p.39]
  2. Jul 11, 2025
    80
    ‘My First Album’ is bold, fascinating, and addictive. A dark pleasure for summer season.
  3. 80
    ‘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.
  4. Jul 11, 2025
    80
    Throughout, Winter's elfin yet confident vocals add a touch of vulnerability to a set of "over it" songs.
  5. Jul 23, 2025
    70
    It’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.
  6. Jul 16, 2025
    60
    You 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”.
  7. Jul 11, 2025
    60
    The 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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