Sarah Borges w/New Album in March

Paul Kolderie-produced platter has some surprises in store.

By Blurt Staff

Sugar Hill's got BLURT faves Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles second album for the label, The Stars Are Out, due March 24.  Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield) produced album is a ten song collection of five originals and five choice re-imaginations of Borges' and Kolderie's favorites including "Ride With Me" written by fellow Boston native Evan Dando.

The album opens with the honky-tonk infused punk rocker, "Do It For Free" showcasing Borges' smoky, honeyed vocals and scorching guitar work. This driving ode to an old flame would be right at home on the Sunset Strip in 1978 -- Borges declares, "I never forget what my mama said to me, when it's real love, you do it for free."

Originals "Me and Your Ghost" and "Symphony" combine the band's rockabilly, blues and rock and roll aesthetics and center on Borges' trademark lead vocals and capture the band's raucous and good time live act. She takes "Being With You" (most famously recorded by Smokey Robinson) and transforms it into a bittersweet lament accompanied by gospel like backing vocals when she pleads, "I don't care about anything else but being with you."

'The Stars Are Out' is the followup to 2007's Diamonds in the Dark which drew critical praise across the board - including a certain magazine called Harp (you may have heard of us), who profiled Borges HERE and reviewed the album HERE. More recently, we caught Borges and band opening for the Blasters in concert and you can read that review HERE.

A national tour is planned for the spring of 2009 following the release
of 'The Stars Are Out.' Click here for a complete list of tour dates:
http://sarahborges.com