Vanna Pacella / Audio Jane / Shell Games
Schedule
Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
cafe nine | New Haven, CT
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Wednesday, January 14, 2025 Vanna Pacella
Audio Jane
Shell Games
$10 advanced / $12 at the door
21+
Doors at 7 PM
Showtime at 8 PM
VANNA PACELLA
Vanna Pacella is a Singer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Synth Bassist, Multi-Instrumentalist & the Front Woman of her musical project. Vanna is an incredibly dedicated musician, driven towards connecting & sharing her music with as many listening ears & hearts as possible. Her transcendent songwriting is a direct derivative of her soul, & it’s hard to believe that her music, lyricism, & ever-growing legacy is that of just an 18 year old girl.
Her Debut Album “Listen” is available everywhere as of July 25th, 2025. A record described as “Ethereal Rock”- because it is a product of pure emotion, immersed with unfettered intention, bruised with the intensity of raw, distorted rock guitars, & it is bound with the lightweight, delicate, yet untouchable strength of grand pianos, sentimental vocals, reverb & honest, poetic lyricism.
AUDIO JANE
Audio Jane is a female-fronted indie rock band from Connecticut, known for their emotionally charged soundscapes and hauntingly beautiful melodies. At the heart of the band is frontwoman Sarah Pech, whose songwriting is as raw as it is resonant. She began writing music and playing guitar at age 13, auditioning friends for her first "band" by singing Cranberries songs on repeat until they gave in and let her be lead singer. By 17, she was performing at open mics, and she's never looked back. Her voice - ranging from fragile to feral, has been described as haunting, seductive, serene, and fierce.
The band's rhythmic backbone features Mike Ciunci (Poor Pluto, Blanket Jackson) on drums, whose intuitive style brings both drive and depth, and John Eisler (Ginger Bug) on bass, anchoring each song with his dynamic bass lines. Rounding out the lineup is Anthony DeMonte, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (The Villian is You) whose inventive, melodic guitar work brings an edge and texture to the band's sound. Together, Audio Jane carves out beauty in the wreckage.
Audio Jane's 2016 debut EP, A Full Bird's Wing, made an immediate impact with the Huffington Post declaring "Audio Jane is just damn good." Their 2017 follow-up, Naive, won Connecticut Album of the Year in the CTNow's Best of Hartford Reader's Poll, solidifying their prescence in the regional music scene
Their music has reached beyond New England: Audio Jane has been featured on NPR's "Where we Live" and their songs have appeared in popular shows such as Nancy Drew (CW) and The Midnight Club (Netflix). Their 2018 album Letters landed on the Hartford Courant's list of Top 20 Connecticut albums of the year, with the standout track "I Was Looking at You" featured in the film The Never List (HBO).
During the pandemic, they wrote and recorded A Terrible Plan - released in 2021- which again earned a spot on the Hartford Courant's Top 20 list. Their latest release, We Always Make a Mess of Things, is now streaming everywhere.
Catch Audio Jane live across New England - playing festivals and music venues - where their dreamy, atmospheric sound truly comes to life!
"The band unleashed a set of stellar songs played with deep musicianship. Ciunci was steady and subtle on drums, Harris pulsing and Pech strumming in lockstep, while Lamkins created textures and atmospheres on guitar. But really it was all a vehicle for Pech’s vocals, which moved from a whisper to a stuttered snarl, rock with a nice helping of twang.
The effect was hypnotic. People moved closer to the stage as if compelled, swaying side to side. Further back from the stage, heads nodded in unison. As the set continued, the band dug deeper, and the music felt ever more expansive. By the last song, the band’s sound felt tidal, enormous, unstoppable, as Harris and Ciunci thundered out a groove while Lamkins created squalls of noise on his guitar. Pech’s and Harris’s voices rose above it all, surfing the giant waves. The band left the stand as Lamkins’s guitar fed back. The sound was all that was left."
- New Haven Independent
"Led by the serenely beautiful vocals of front woman Sarah Pech, 'A Terrible Plan' once again highlights the foursome’s penchant for writing wholly memorable songs that stick with you long after the record has stopped spinning."
-Hartford Courant
"By weaving elements of shoegaze, dream pop, grunge and indie to hypnotic effect, Audio Jane have caught our attention with their contemplative and emotional tunes."
-sensiblereason.com
"Audio Jane is just damn good.”
-Huffington Post
SHELL GAMES
NHV, CT
Cafe Nine
250 State Street
New Haven, CT 06510
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