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MojoAug 13, 2013As ever with Borrell, it's never less than weirdly, grippingly fascinating. [Sep 2013, p.90]
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Q MagazineJul 25, 2013This is a ludicrously enjoyable record, shedding Razorlight's US-targeted bluster and awkwardly stalking that curious mid-70s musical patch where pub rock and glam shaded into punk. [Aug 2013, p.97
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Jul 25, 2013While Borrell 1 has many faults--too many sax solos, insufficient sackcloth and ashes--the jauntiness with which Zazou disport themselves often makes up for it.
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Jul 25, 2013Musically confused, frequently lyrically painful (closer ‘Erotic Letter’ needs to be heard to be believed), its ego is so overpowering it ends up as a sweet relief against a backdrop of po-faced, fence sitting peers.
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Jul 25, 2013Ultimately, it’s sketchy and uneven, ridiculous in as many of the wrong ways as the right, but not quite the disaster its tracklisting would suggest.
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Jul 25, 2013Borrell 1 sounds like the inner workings of a brain as it descends into total madness.
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Jul 25, 2013Originally recorded on a home four-track machine, the songs were subsequently re-done with Trevor Horn at the helm, which has applied a little polish to what still sound like under-written sketches rather than compelling pop material.