Jessica Winter – My First Album

 

Today, alt-pop provocateur Jessica Winter releases her highly anticipated and acclaimed debut album, My First Album, out now via Lucky Number. Jessica has released five singles from the album to date, ‘L.O.V.E.’, ‘All I Ever Really Wanted’, ‘Wannabe’, ‘Aftersun’, and ‘Big Star’.
 

 

essica Winter is a soon-to-be iconic cult pop star, and on My First Album she oscillates between channeling 00s aesthetics with addictive dance-pop beats, and stripped-back, raw, emotive pop anthems. There are shades of Kylie Minogue and the glitter of 80s Madonna, there’s the flamboyance of Prince and Queen and there’s energy and occasional snarl of punk and the dreamy arched-eyebrow of psychedelia. Relentlessly inventive, with her debut album Jessica does what she has done for her whole career and takes a multitude of influences and stamps her unique, unmistakable ‘Jessica Winter’ sound across them.
 
Speaking about My First Album, Jessica Winter said:

“Looking back to my childhood and what an album meant, it was something solid and permanent, completed and curated. You could hold it in your hands, put it on the record player and listen to it in its entirety. In this era of disposable moments and ever rolling, broken news, I wanted to inject something whole into the ether, a permanent moment in the long stream of my music career in all that it’s been.

 

 

 

All of us will be many things in our lives. Over the years I’ve worn many different outfits, had many reincarnations, worked in many different bands, and so it should be. All of those things were me as I was at that moment, somewhere along the timeline of my life. What I wanted to offer right now is this moment and in it, pure, clutter free me, so here it is.
 
I am Jessica Winter, this is my first album, and I dedicate it purely to LOVE.”
 
Jessica will play multiple in-store live dates to celebrate the release of My First Album, playing Rough Trade East tonight followed by shows in cities including Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and her hometown, Portsmouth. All dates and details can be found below, and tickets can be purchased HERE.
 
My First Album is Jessica’s long-awaited debut album following multiple years of critical acclaim. To date, Jessica has been featured and supported by the likes of The New York Times, GQ, Dazed, Rolling Stone US, Rolling Stone UK, The Guardian, The Times, BRICKS, 10 Magazine, CLASH, Dork, DIY, The Forty-Five, NME, The Line Of Best Fit, Gay Times, and Loud And Quiet. She has also been well supported across BBC Radio 1 and 6Music.
 
Jessica Winter is a British singer, songwriter, and producer known for her experimental pop music that blends elements from various genres, including pop, industrial, and indie. Often compared to the likes of Kylie, Robyn, and Grimes, to date, Jessica has released a series of EPs, including Limerence (2023), More Sad Music (2021), and Sad Music (2020), each showcasing her ability to infuse unconventional themes and introspective lyrics into pop song structures.
 
In addition to her solo projects, Winter has an extensive list of credits as a co-writer and producer, having collaborated with artists like The Horrors, The Big Moon, Jazmin Bean, Phoebe Green, Lauren Auder, Pre Goblin, Sundara Karma, Walt Disco, and Brodka.

 

* PHOTO CREDIT, VICTOR GUTIERREZ

 

 

MY FIRST ALBUM, TRACKLISTING
 
Nirvana
L.O.V.E.
Feels Good (For Tonight)
Aftersun
Big Star
Worst Person In The World
I See The Robin
All I Ever Really Wanted
Wannabe
Just Like That
Got Something Good
Only Lonely
To Know Her
 
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JESSICA WINTER 2025 LIVE DATES

11th July – Rough Trade East, London (in-store)
12th July – Resident, Brighton (in-store)
13th July – Rough Trade, Bristol (in-store)
14th July – Crash, Leeds (in-store)
15th July – Jacaranda, Liverpool (in-store)
16th July – Banquet, Kingston (in-store)
17th July (daytime) – Pie & Vinyl, Southsea (in-store)
17th July (evening) – Vinilo, Southampton (in-store)
14th October – The Louisiana, Bristol
15th October – Heartbreakers, Southampton
17th October – SWN Festival, Cardiff
18th October – Central Library, Coventry
19th October – Central Library, Blackpool
21st October – The Academy 2, Dublin
22nd October – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
23rd October – Yes (The Basement), Manchester
24th October – Headrow House, Leeds
26th October – Dust, Brighton
28th October – The Lower Third, London.

 

 

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