Coober Pedy University Band
Kookaburra

Ambling into the Supernatural Amphitheatre early in the AM on a brisk March morning earlier in the year, somehow escaping the inescapable vortex that is a warm sleeping bag, we heard the super, natural cries of a kookaburra filling the dusty atmosphere. It took a while to ascertain the laugh was non-diegetic, instead being pumped from stage by Tornado Wallace during his Golden Plains-closing set. The didge-laden jam finally surfaces as a recorded release, credited to Tornado Wallace’s team-up with William Paxton: Coober Pedy University Band. The GP masterstroke was a transition into Yothu Yindi’s classic Djapana, but the cut holds up on its own, and then some, harnessing a loving array of Australiana touchstones – devoid of any semblance of irony, satisfaction guaranteed groove.