Formed in 2001 with roots in the sleepy Swedish town of Sandviken, Amandine played under the name 'Wichita Linemen' for 3 years. After line-up changes and relocation to the vibrant musical city Umeå, Singer/Guitarrist Olof Gidlöf and John Andersson (piano/accordian) was joined by a drummer and a bassplayer, both named Andreas. With more time to write and rehearse, they recorded a demo and sent it out to select labels. In autumn of 2004 the band moved south to Malmö, changed its name to Amandine, and in Spring 2005 signed to FatCat records (Sigúr Rós, Múm, Animal Collective).
Shortly after that, the debut album "This Is Where Our Hearts Collide" was recorded in Maraccas studio, Gävle by Ove Andersson. Preceded by a single, the album was released November 2005. Touring in both Europe and the U.S. followed and the band returned to Gävle for christmas to record new tracks.March 2006 saw the dawning of a US-only ep, "Leave out the sad parts", aswell as a great US tour across the continent supporting Sub Pop´s Fruit Bats.
After spending summer recording a new album the European version of the ep "Waiting For The Light To Find Us" arrived in October. Soon after the band embarked on another European tour, taking in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, England & Holland in October/November.
The second album; "Solace in Sore Hands" is released worldwide April 16th exept North America April 24th. New tourdates for Europe will follow in April.
