Losing Today reviews the new singles from Amandine and Lorraine: http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=86 (scroll down)

I've made no secret of my admiration for the band Amandine. My curiousity was piqued back in March when the band signed with UK-based label FatCat Records back in March and I've been keeping an eye on them ever since. Lucky for me, my intuition has paid off because their debut album "This is where our hearts collide" is a fine piece of work. It's the perfect album to usher in the autumn season - subdued and downtrodden, but still full of hope and beauty. The sound is very much country-influenced, but it's not by the books. They definitely take cues from folks like Will Oldham and Songs: Ohia, but Amandine doesn't seem nearly as inconsistent. All of their material is quite strong, which is why I let the band themselves pick a track for posting today. "Blood & marrow," they say is, "just a simple and soulful song with kind of a rough edge to it. One of [our] personal favourites off the album. The best part of the song, and I think we all agree on this, is when the drums and the bass kick in in the beginning of the second verse. Gives me goosebumps every time, especially when we do it live." Listen for yourself and I think you'll agree.

The upcoming 7" single from Amandine will be for the song "Halo" and will include the exclusive b-sides "Sparrow" and "Between what he's saying and what he regrets". It comes out September 5 via FatCat. I've been listening to my advance copy of the new album quite a bit and can heartily recommend these guys for anyone into downer folky music. Think Isolation Years crossed with Songs: Ohia.

UK-based label Fat Cat Records will be releasing a 7" single from the upcoming Amandine album sometime in early September. As mentioned before, the band's full-length drops on September 26 and it's quite good. There's a track featured in the "Summer bummer" podcast and I'll probably post another within the next few weeks.

Podcast: Summer bummer

Amandine has confirmed that their debut album "This is where our hearts collide" will be released on UK-based label FatCat Records on September 26.

Amandine has selected Ove Andersson to produce their upcoming debut album. They head to Gävle to begin recording on Monday.

UK-based label Fat Cat Records has signed Sweden's Amandine and will begin recording their debut full-length for them in April. Head over to the Fat Cat site to download a couple demo tracks from the band: http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/

Wichita Linemen have changed their name to Amandine and now have a new website as well: http://www.amandinemusic.com/