5:30 SATURDAY MORNINGLennonGenre: PopDescription: EDITORIAL REVIEWS 5:30 Saturday Morning by Lennon AMAZON With lyrics like My mommy's in the closet finding God in the in the album's opener it's clear that 19-year-old Lennon Murphy is no Lilith-style female singer-songwriter. Slow industrial and grinding yet melodic and rhythmic songs like Trying to Make Me sound not unlike Nine Inch Nails with creepy musical moments that work even when a song is basically uplifting such as within the mostly straight-ahead pop-influenced gem Brake of Your Car. The Tennessee-bred Lennon is cohesive yet varied at times akin to PJ Harvey with touches of Nelly Furtado and Marilyn Manson. She's a poster-child for the smart artistic and disenfranchised who cites author Ayn Rand as an influence. Songs like My Beautiful permeated by lovely strings and Asking You a pure if David Lynch-ian ballad along tour dates with Alice Cooper confirm Lennon as a dark rock diva. Dramatic yet ethereal 5:30 Saturday Morning is a uniquely deep debut. --Katherine Turman
