page_title: The Amsterdams
section_title: Adolessons (2009-2010)
hierarchical_section_title: The Amsterdams / History / Adolessons (2009-2010)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Amsterdams at the official release of their first album, Adolessons, in Silver Church, Bucharest. Română: The Amsterdams la lansarea oficială a primului album, Adolessons, în Silver Church, București.
context_page_description: The Amsterdams are a Romanian indie rock band formed in Bucharest in 2005. Their current line-up consists of Andrei Hațegan, Ovidiu Bejan, Andrei Ungureanu, Dragoș Crifca and Gabriel Ciocan.
  The band has toured in the UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic and India and has opened for bands like The Cranberries, Wolf Parade, Nazareth, Roxette and Handsome Furs.
  As of January 2017, The Amsterdams have released four studio albums, an EP and eleven videos. Their second studio album, Electromagnetica, was mastered by Harris Newman and features Dan Boeckner, who plays guitar on "This Burial Ground's For Two".
context_section_description: On May 22, 2009, The Amsterdams released their first studio album, called Adolessons. The release gig took place at The Silver Church Club in Bucharest, with Doru Trăscău (AB4, The Mono Jacks), Dan Olaru and Alex Ghiță (Rain District) as guests. The band performed the new songs from the album and some old songs.
  The album was produced, distributed and edited by the band, under their own label, Post Pop Records. It was recorded at the Studio ISV, mixed by Alex Dragomir at Raza Studio and mastered by Christian Mike Sugar at CSM-Lab Bucharest. Andrei Hațegan explained the title in an interview:
  We're still living in a musical adolescence, as we're not playing together for a long time, and the album tells the story of all these years. It's like a lesson we have to learn while we're adolescents, for having a happy life afterwards...
  The band also filmed and released a video for the first single, "Chased by the Housewives". It was directed by Anamaria Lazarovici and first shown on MTV Romania's official website. The singer, Hațegan, explained this choice by stating "We chose to make a video for this song because we like it a lot, it has less than four minutes, so it can be aired on TV without any problems, and, least but not last, because we were forced to do so." while bassist Augustin Nicolae specified "We thought that it's the kind of infectious song - it's like when you get a flu and it sticks with you from April until August. Even after you get well, you'll remember perfectly why you got sick in the first place."
  In September 2009, following an invitation from The Blog Parties, the band performed two gigs in two cities in the Netherlands, Utrecht (Ekko Club) and Amsterdam (Winston Club).
  In October, The Amsterdams and The Mono Jacks played as opening acts for the Canadian band Handsome Furs in Control Club, Bucharest. Impressed by The Amsterdams, the lead singer of Handsome Furs, Dan Boeckner, agreed to collaborate with them on a song. Initially called "Burial Ground For Two", the song later appeared on their second studio album under the name "This Burial Ground's For Two".
  At the beginning of 2010, The Amsterdams had their first national tour, Home And Dry Tour 2010; they performed in several cities from the north-east of Romania and also in Chişinău, Moldova.
  On April 17, 2010, the band released a video for the song "Apple". The video, directed by Irina Stănciulescu (also known as Color Nurse), was projected during the concert held by the band on a roof above a record store in Bucharest, called Off the Record.
  In May, The Amsterdams were invited to tour with Wolf Parade as the opening act. The Canadian band was promoting its newest studio album. The Romanian band performed in Budapest, Prague, Salzburg, Bologna and Torino. In July, The Amsterdams opened for The Cranberries at a concert in Bucharest.
  During the winter, drummer Stoica left the band. The remaining members eventually decided to give up the search for a new drummer and to continue as a four piece band instead.
caption: The Amsterdams at the official release of their first album, Adolessons, in Silver Church Club, Bucharest.
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