Popboomerang and Splurge Rarities Collections • Bonus Downloads

News: Electric & Eclectic Rarities CD Launch • Saturday 30 April • $10 Entry Includes CD • Splurge!

April 2011 | Splurge are on the bill for Popboomerang Records Electric & Eclectic Rarities CD Launch at The Workers Club, cnr Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy, on Saturday 30 April. An unreleased track from The Cure For The Cure - When I’m Down - is one of 20 tracks featured on the CD. Listen or buy the track here...
Performing live at the launch along with Splurge are Celadore, The Bon Scotts, The Underminers and Adrian Whitehead. $10 entry includes a CD. Electric & Eclectic Rarities features 20 rare or unreleased songs from these artists and others from the Popboomerang roster including Skipping Girl Vinegar, The Aerial Maps, Four Hours Sleep, Young Werther, The Steinbecks, D.Rogers, Bryan Estepa and more...
Purchase the CD or download the compilation at Popboomerang's Bandcamp (free with any order over $30). More...

Coming Soon: More Rarities From Splurge

To mark the launch of the CD, Splurge is also releasing its own download-only rarities collection, The Dregs, which features nine unreleased songs. The collection includes solo, home demo, rehearsal and studio recordings - including fresh mixes of three tracks not previously available in any format: Something About Love (Unreleased, Splurge), Under Your Thumb (Unreleased, Heavy Weather) and Kiss Me (Unreleased, The Cure For The Cure). For a limited time, it will be made available as a bonus download with the CD of The Cure For The Cure from Bandcamp. Stay tuned...

Buy: The Cure For The Cure $15 - Now Includes Digital Album

On this site, you can now get the same deal as Popboomerang's Bandcamp. Digital Album for $10. Or buy the CD for $15 and the digital download is included. Buy before the launch and still receive a download code for Splurge’s forthcoming rarities collection. More...

News: Popboomerang Xmas Party • Killer lineup • Gold coin donation label fundraiser • X Rated?

December 2010 | Greg Williams is doing a solo set at the Popboomerang Xmas Party at the Cornish Arms on Friday 17 December at 8:00pm.
First solo gig in three years - no pressure!
The night will feature DJ sets and live appearances from Greg, along with label mates Underminers (duo), Courtney Barnett, D.Rogers, Georgia Fields (solo) & The Bon Scotts.
Admission is free (with gold coin donation good karma as a label fundraiser). Popboomerang are planning special giveaways, raffles & merchandise items.
So lock in this date & block out ALL other offers and let Popboomerang kick-start your Christmas cheer.
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Buy: Download Digital Direct! MP3 Album for $A10... CD Now $15 Includes Download

NEW! You can now buy The Cure For The Cure as an MP3 album direct from the band for $A10. Contains individual high-quality MP3 files encoded at 256kbps, hi-res front cover artwork and PDFs of the booklet and inlay. No DRM. Secure download. Buy the CD direct for $A15 (plus postage) and get the MP3 Album included. Secure PayPal Shopping Cart. Pay by credit card or PayPal account. How to buy...

Join: Download Bonus MP3 Track

Join our mailing list to download the rare track "When I'm Down", previously only released as a B-side to the limited-edition single She’s Not The One. Sign Up...

The Story: The Cabin and The Cure

How a log cabin helped shape the sound of The Cure For The Cure. More...

News: Polished pop like Pulp says All Music

January 2008 | All Music: Australian band Splurge often have a lot in common with British band Pulp in terms of their presentation and sound, especially with the highbrow, textured, and terribly pretty opener When I Go To Sleep. Here singer Greg Williams sounds more like Neil Finn then he does Jarvis Cocker, but it's nonetheless an extremely polished piece of pop. More...

11 October 2007 | PopMatters: Melbourne’s Splurge doesn’t splurge so much on big guitar riffs or over-the-top vocals. What they do overdose on is sophisticated pop melodies that have the listener’s attention from the onset. More...
1 June 2007 | Popism: “As heard from the opening When I Go To Sleep or Beautiful, which both out-radiate Radiohead’s greatest Bends/Computer era ballads, or The Beatles-through-Verve Crystalline... a cure as good as any.” More...
18 April 2007 | CDBaby: The Cure For The Cure is now available on this site... MOJO magazine heard the ghost of Lennon in the way “they rock, they play it gentle, they deliver the hooks”.
2 April 2007 | Not Lame: The Cure For The Cure scores great site review! “11 perfect songs... reminds me of Radiohead "The Bends", classic early Oasis and the rock side of the Brit-pop sound...” More...
29 May 2007 | Powerpopaholic: “The Melodies are excellent... highly recommended...” Sounds like Coldplay meets Aztec Camera, Echo & The Bunneymen, Pulp and James Blunt. More...
May 2007 | Jam Recordings: “A great sound, great band... in cahoots with Dodgy, Oasis, Travis, Radiohead...” More...

Live: Album launch

Unfortunatley our album launch on 22 July has been postponed. New launch date to be announced soon. More...