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My First Album (Jessica Winter album)

My First Album is the debut studio album by English songwriter and musician Jessica Winter. It was released on 11 July 2025 via Lucky Number in LP, CD and digital formats.

Background

The album, noted as "very poppy" and incorporating elements of indie rock, disco and industrial music, was produced by Winter with alongside several producers including Clarence Clarity and Gamaliel Traynor. It was preceded by Winter's 2023 EP, Limerence, for which she received recognition as a Top 100 emerging artist from NME.

The lead single of the album, "L.O.V.E.", was released on 18 February 2025. On 8 April 2025, she announced the album's tracklist and release date alongside its second single, "All I Ever Really Wanted". On 13 May 2025, she released "Wannabe", the album's third single. The album's fourth single, "Aftersun", was released on 11 June 2025. She released the album's final single, "Big Star", on 8 July 2025.

Critical reception

The album received a three-star rating from MusicOMH, whose reviewer John Murphy described it as "a fine debut album which hints at signs of greatness to come." AllMusic gave it a three-point-five rating and noted, "It should come as no surprise, then, that the self-produced My First Album doesn't sound like the work of a newbie, although it does find Winter making a statement about coming into her own."

Clash assigned it a rating of eight out of ten, describing it as "bold, fascinating, and addictive. A dark pleasure for summer season." NME referred to the album as "an impassioned and idiosyncratic patchwork, one which paints a portrait of anxious and wistful personhood that is, on the contrary, definitive and assured," giving it a four-star rating.

Track listing

Note

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

  • Jessica Winter – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–8, 10–13), bells (1), piano (2–4, 6, 10), synthesizer (2, 4, 6, 12), guitar (2, 7, 9, 12), bass guitar (4), arrangement (7, 11), drums (11)
  • Peter Ferguson – guitar (1), piano (2, 3, 5), background vocals (2, 5, 8, 11, 12), arrangement (2, 5, 10, 11), synthesizer (2, 5), programming (2, 10, 11), bass guitar (5), flute (5)
  • Krinks – synthesizer (1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12), programming (4, 9)
  • C. G. Whitear – guitar (1, 5, 9, 12)
  • Scott Rimington – guitar (1, 5, 9)
  • Eleanor Wallace – saxophone (1, 5, 11)
  • Stefan Storm – programming, synthesizer (3)
  • Martin Tronsson – bass guitar (3)
  • Christina Lopez – percussion (4), drums (5)
  • Morgan Noise – clarinet (5)
  • Raziel – bass guitar, drums (6)
  • Tim Randolph – bass guitar, drums (7, 9, 12); percussion (9), guitar (12)
  • Clarence Clarity – drums, guitar (8); synthesizer (11)
  • Dante Traynor – bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer (8)
  • Gamaliel Traynor – programming, synthesizer (8)
  • Larry Hibbitt – bass guitar, guitar (11)
  • David Evans – synthesizer (12)
  • Calum Bowen – arrangement, bass guitar, guitar, piano, programming (13)

Technical

  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing (1, 2, 4, 8–12)
  • Barny Barnicott – mixing (3, 5–7, 13)
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Krinks – engineering (1–6, 9–12)
  • Jessica Winter – engineering (1, 2, 9)
  • C. G. Whitear – engineering (1, 5)
  • Calum Sanderson – engineering (1, 5)
  • Larry Hibbitt – engineering (2, 5, 9, 11)
  • Peter Ferguson – engineering (2, 5)
  • Stefan Storm – engineering (3)
  • Lucas August – engineering (5)
  • Ben Matravers – engineering (6, 10)
  • Raziel – engineering (6)
  • Tim Randolph – engineering (7, 12)
  • Dante Traynor – engineering (8)
  • Gamaliel Traynor – engineering (8)

Visuals

  • Nan Moore – art direction, cover photo
  • Luke Nugent – photo editing

Charts

References