MY ORCHARD 5 YEARS LONG AND TALL AS A DREAM ALBUM MASSPRODUKTION, MNW RELEASE: APRIL 9, 2001 REVIEW: MAY 14, 2001

This is nice, very nice. The music is nice. The production is nice. And the boys in the band also look nice on the band picture. Shy. And a bit introverted. Two of them have fringe. They come in peace.
My intuition from the sound of the album is that this is music for people around the twenties; Primarily trendy college pop-kids who drink too much red wine and make out on the dance floor.
"5 Years Long…" is Swedish My Orchard's second album, and it's not bad at all. It has somewhat of a feeling, actually. With one foot in the naïve pop of the eighties and the other in the depressive grunge era of the nineties, they make music that really comes alive. Perfect on a summer festival somewhere in the woods, or maybe in a campus club.
Unfortunately, the lyrics are a little melodramatic. And melodrama makes me bored. Too much pain, suffering and heartache for the taste of mine. The song "Tumbleweed" starts off with the very tiresome and irritating rock cliché "Throw your hands in the air and wave them like you don't care". Please have mercy and become just a little groundbreaking in the future. One get gangrene in the brain from clichés like that, and your head falls off. Not very enjoyable.
Nevertheless, if you're not too bothered over the lyrics and like youthful reclusive pop-music, "5 Years Long…" will become a good companion in your record collection, right next to Yvonne.

ANDERS WIIK