Popboomerang

Popboomerang is an independent record label[1] based in Melbourne Australia. The label was established by Scott Thurling in 2000[2] but didn't release its first recordings until 2002.[3] Thurling originally started Popboomerang as an internet "swap shop" around 1997, trading Australian recordings to overseas fans in return for recordings unavailable in Australia.

"I would make CD samplers of the Aussie bands for the overseas fans and enjoyed this so much the idea started to form of legitimising things to form a proper label."

— Scott Thurling[3]

Popboomerang
Founded2002
FounderScott Thurling
Distributor(s)MGM Distribution
GenrePop
Country of originAustralia
Official websitehttp://www.popboomerang.com/

The label has released over 80 recordings, from the first release by Sarah Sarah, Sing Til It Hurts, in late 2002. Notable releases include Frente's 2005 EP, Try to Think Less, the band's first release in eight years,[4] Skipping Girl Vinegar's critically acclaimed 2008 debut album, Sift the Noise, as well as albums from Tamas Wells and The Killjoys's fifth album, Pearl.

In response to the decline in the sales of physical recordings across the music industry the label has placed its entire back catalogue online.[5] Popboomerang has also turned to crowd funding to finance its tenth anniversary compilation album, Aches & Shakes: 2002-2012 – A Decade Of Popboomerang Records, which Thurling believes is the future of the independent music industry.[6]

"Initially it was word of mouth which steered me in the crowd funding direction. I supported a few projects on Pozible so I gained some confidence from a fan perspective that the model was above board and sound."

— Scott Thurling[6]

Artists

Discography
Catalogue NumberArtistRelease Name
PB 001 Sarah Sarah Sing Til It Hurts
PB 002 Various Artists Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 1
PB 003 Finkers Stance
PB 004 Tim Reid Any Given Day
PB 005 Jericho Retrospective
PB 006 The Richies Forever & Today
PB 007 Various Artists Planet Of The Popboomerang Volume 1
PB 008 Remake Remodel 12345 Accelerate
PB 009 Tamas Wells A Mark On The Pane
PB 010 Various Artists Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 2
PB 011 Tim Reid World That's Made For Two
PB 012 Vocoder Collapsed Stars
PB 013 Kelly's Heels Dig In!
PB 014 Gigantic Some Suburban Road
PB 015 Splendid States Of Awake
PB 016 Various Artists Planet Of The Popboomerang Volume 2
PB 017 Frente Try To Think Less
PB 018 Magneto Resistance Is Futile
PB 019 Murphy's Lore The Universe Conspires
PB 020 Modern Giant Satellite Nights
PB 021 Jane Vs World 56k Hearts
PB 022 Chris Murphy Elbow Room
PB 023 The Crustaceans I'm Happy If You're Happy
PB 024 Tamas Wells A Plea En Vendredi
PB 025 Beezewax Who To Salute
PB 026 Four Hours Sleep Love Specifics
PB 027 Kelt Tomorrow Is Another Today
PB 028 Adrian Whitehead A Small Stepping Man
PB 029 Grand Atlantic Smoke & Mirrors
PB 030 Splitsville Let's Go!: The Best Of Splitsville
PB 031 Go You Huskies Go You Huskies
PB 032 Bryan Estepa All The Bells & Whistles
PB 033 Gigantic Gigantaphonic Sounds
PB 034 The Wellingtons For Friends In Far Away Places
PB 035 Splurge The Cure For The Cure
PB 036 Grand Atlantic This Is Grand Atlantic
PB 037 The Steinbecks Far From The Madding Crowd
PB 038 Summer Cats Scratching Post
PB 039 Brilliant Fanzine Change For You
PB 040 Brilliant Fanzine Then Comes Monday
PB 041 Skipping Girl Vinegar One Chance
PB 042 Tamas Wells Two Years in April
PB 043 Skipping Girl Vinegar Sift the Noise (single)
PB 044 Danna And The Changes Consonant Cacophony
PB 045 Bryan Estepa Sunday Best
PB 046 Various Artists Electric & Eclectic Rarities[7]
PB 047 Skipping Girl Vinegar Sift the Noise
PB 048 The Aerial Maps In The Blinding Sunlight
PB 049 The Beautiful Few The Nights You Did Your Hair
PB 050 The Sunshine Ponies Mixtapes & Soundtracks
PB 051 D. Rogers Sparks On The Tarmac
PB 052 Georgia Fields One Finger
PB 053 Deserters Pale Morning
PB 054 Jona Byron Extinct Hearts
PB 055 Russell Crawford Bad Luck
PB 056 Russell Crawford Floating Aimlessly
PB 057 Skipping Girl Vinegar Sinking
PB 058 Georgia Fields Drama On The High Seas Of Emotion
PB 059 The Bon Scotts Oddernity
PB 060 The Solomons EP
PB 061 Young Werther Knights Of The Department Store
PB 062 Georgia Fields Something Borrowed, Something Blue
PB 063 Celadore Distance Is A Gun
PB 064 Underminers Heart Part Of Your Mind
PB 065 Brilliant Fanzine This Old Star EP
PB 066 Tamas Wells Thirty People Away
PB 067 Skipping Girl Vinegar One Long Week
PB 068 Georgia Fields Georgia Fields
PB 069 Prettymess Greyscale Broadcast
PB 070 Skipping Girl Vinegar Wasted
PB 071 The Aerial Maps The Sunset Park
PB 072 D. Rogers Natural Disasters
PB 073 The Killjoys Pearl/Ruby
PB 074 The Bon Scotts We Will All Die At The Hands Of C.G.I.
PB 075 Skipping Girl Vinegar Here She Comes
PB 076 Celadore The Bright & Blue
PB 079 Deserters Stars Burn
PB 081 Tim Reid Only One
PB 083 Go-Go Sapien This Body Is Wrong For Us
PB 084 Various Artists Aches & Shakes: 2002-2012 – A Decade Of Popboomerang Records
PB 085 The Sugargliders A Nest With A View 1990-1994

References
  1. "An alternative view of the year's top 40". Courier Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. Borack, John M. (2007). Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide. Fort Collins, Colorado: Not Lame Recording Company. p. 62. ISBN 9780979771408.
  3. Cho, Paige. "Interview with Scott Thurling". Paper Deer.
  4. Eliezer, Christie. "Frente". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. Jolly, Nathan. "Interview: Popboomerang". The Brag. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  6. Kathryn, Kernohan. "The crowd goes wild". City Weekly. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  7. Natalie, Salvo. "Various - Popboomerang Records Presents Electric and Eclectic Rarities (2011 LP)". The AU Review.
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