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“Clean and crisp, Matt Lenny's vocals cut to the heart, pulling you into his world of despair and desire. These are smart, rockin' songs that you just can't shake…even if you wanted to.” Ellen Stanley, Red House Records

After years in the Chicago and New York indie rock underground, Matt Lenny finally stumbled on a sound all his own. Somewhere between Tom Petty and Radiohead, his sound is at once familiar and deeply personal. Whether singing about the ins and outs of lost love or exploring the outer limits of the blues, Matt's music is driven by his unique guitar style and indelible sense of melody.

Matt Lenny's debut album, The Waiting Room, started off as an acoustic project. Written in his New York apartment, the songs reflected Matt's newfound love affair with the sounds of classic Americana. After years of playing leads on electric guitar, he found that getting back to the basic blues and country riffs allowed him to focus on the storytelling nature of his songs. “Writing these songs was a really great experience for me because I wasn't trying to prove anything to anybody. I just wanted to tell a good story and have a good melody."

Matt brought his new songs back to Chicago, reuniting with friends to make the record he had always wanted. Recorded by Blaise Barton (Liz Phair, Bob Dylan) and Neal Ostrovsky (The Webb Brothers, The Bon Mots), The Waiting Room features some of Chicago's top rock and country musicians, including pedal steel whiz Brian Wilkie from The Hoyle Brothers and organist Ig from Oh My God.

Matt's distinctive voice artfully delivers pop anthems sprinkled with classic rock and country. The Waiting Room is a wide-ranging, inviting album, from the up-tempo groove of the opening track to the string drenched nostalgia of the last.

Matt currently lives and performs in New York City and can also be found on tour as guitarist with Chicago art rock maniacs, Oh My God.