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