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🎙️ Episode 1997: Desert Island Classics – The Year That Was EverythingWhat if you could only bring one year of music to your desert island? For The New Dad Rock, that year just might be 1997.In this special “Desert Island Classics” edition, Keith makes the case for a trio of albums that still echo through indie rock history: 🎸 Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West 🎸 Pavement – Brighten the Corners 🎸 Radiohead – OK ComputerThese three towering releases helped define an era, a mindset, and a mood—sprawling, angular, atmospheric, and occasionally absurd. Steve and Keith unpack their enduring influence, share personal memories tied to these records, and debate what makes an album truly castaway-worthy.🌴 Also in this episode:What counts as a “desert island disc”?Are we really alone out there—with only our CD wallets and Discmen to keep us company?And which albums from 1997 still feel like survival essentials? No filler. All killer. Come wade into the waters of a year that still resonates like a perfectly delayed guitar loop.The New Dad Rock—where nostalgia meets noise.Let us know what’s up. Support the showDid you know that The New Dad Rock has swag? Coffee mugs, pillow and t-shirts in a multitude of colors and arm lengths.
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