vix's first solo release was "jenn vix", a self-titled album of 8 tracks on her own label, umbrella, which was officially released in january 1995, through a new york–based distributor. later it was sold on cdbaby, one of the first artists on that site. rolling stone gave the album 3.5 stars, saying "vix sounds perpetually enraptured. and the rhode island multi-instrumentalist has reason to be. her music--clear, simple melodies awash in echo--is all dreaminess and shuddering, and from inside its swirl, her voice wafts up lightly. catchy but ."