Sarah Borges and Broken Singles: Press

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" . . . Stars mixes muscular, throwback-rock riffage and tender melodicism...Borges and Co. do sweet, snarling"

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"The incendiary live sets from the Telecaster-wielder and her band are becoming near-legendary..."
-- Austin American-Statesman


"There aren't many buzzed-over young rockers with Smokey Robinson and NRBQ tunes floating around their heads, but Sarah Borges covers both on her third LP... 'Stars' shows off Borges' friendly pop-rock attack and tosses in bits of twang, rockabilly and Fifties pop... thanks largely to Borges' warm, perky voice, Stars is tuneful and unhip in a hip kinda way."
-- Rolling Stone

"A modern-minded honky-tonker with a retro streak"
-- The New York Times

""Do It For Free", Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles: Boston-based Borges busts out of her country-roots mold with this sassy guitar-driven rocker from The Stars Are Out."
-- USA Today

"Borges and her band, the Broken Singles, ripped into a version of Bob Dylan's "Outlaw Blues" that was impressively reshaped, and had Borges standing on top of a bar stool in her St. Patrick's Day party dress [they're a] working rock-and-roll band intent on putting their all into their live show"
-- Philadelphia Inquirer

" "The Stars Are Out" ... a perfect expression of the signature sass and spirit of Borges and her Broken Singles"
-- Boston Globe

"Her willingness, and ability, to stretch [herself musically] make this Borges' strongest album yet."
-- Performing Songwriter

"Belting with conviction over a virtually Nudie-tailored wash of silvered pedal steel and squawky country guitars (which are even doubled for a classic Western-swing solo on “Miss Mary”), Borges consistently sounds more world-worn and wise than her age could possibly allow. . . Follow this one—she could lead you to some exciting places."
-- Paste

"Borges and her brand of neo-honky-tonkism shines brightly on a batch of sparkling originals"

-- Times Union

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There aren't many buzzed–over young rockers with Smokey Robinson and NRBQ tunes floating around their heads, but Sarah Borges covers both on her third LP, and second with this band. Stars shows off Borges' friendly pop–rock attack and tosses in bits of twang, rockabilly and Fifties pop. Along with five covers are five originals, including the Joan Jett–esque "Do It for Free." Some of the material sounds like the work of a skilled, if not terribly distinct, bar band. But thanks largely to Borges' warm, perky voice, Stars is tuneful and unhip in a hip kinda way.

Sarah Borges made her name as a modern-minded honky-tonker with a retro streak. Her third album, “The Stars Are Out” (Sugar Hill), includes one tune apiece by the Lemonheads (her idea) and the Magnetic Fields (her producer’s), as well as Smokey Robinson’s “Being With You.” On these and a couple of other covers she sounds high-spirited and at ease, and her working band, the Broken Singles, backs her with just the necessary degree of twang.

As a songwriter Ms. Borges lets in a bit more darkness, casting moods both defensive and reflective. Two of her most personal entries arrive at the album’s close. “Better at the End of the Day” is a weary self-exhortation, while “Symphony,” which includes sampled violin and analog synthesizers, assumes a philosophical tone. Both songs are striking for what’s missing: the bright certainty that Ms. Borges elsewhere exudes.

Sarah Borges & Broken Singles The Stars Are Out: Everyone knows the woman can flat out bring the Joan Jett rock, and she has all the good parts of Sheryl Crow's sound without the LA pop suckdom. The fact that she is a bona fide Masshole makes her even that more lovable. Rating: Four Wicked Pissahs

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