Pan Pan

Piano is good, but so is trumpet. They sound good together.

Best known for her skills as a trumpeter with The Love Lights as well as hitting the horns with the Presidents of the United States of America, Bellingham’s Sarah Jerns has stepped into the lead with her solo project Pan Pan. Full of beautiful and haunting melodies on piano and trumpet, Pan Pan goes far beyond the standard fair of college rock, stretching the boundaries of local music.-Brent Cole

This demo is hauntingly warm in its eerie familiarity to the listener. With the accent of sporadic ambient noise on the occasional track and the implementation of abridged track lengths, this demo tends to hold the listener at a seemingly delicate distance. This distance isn't one of objectivity, however. This is a distance born from the fear of getting too close, like touching the wings of a butterfly: the demo, as a whole, feels as though there are a couple musicians in the corner of a giant, abandoned warehouse on a cloudy day and the listener is placed just outside of the cracked entry wanting to peek in, but not wanting to interrupt the beauty.

As for the music itself, to rip off local poet Jack McCarthy, Sarah Jerns is telling truths with her music - like all great musicians - that she has no write to know.-Russel Janger - Whats Up! Magazine
Sarah Jerns is Pan Pan. On this night she brought together 11 horn and brass musicians to back up her trumpet and piano at the Old Foundry this night. Standing in front of them all, the first songs of her set entranced me with their waves of layered music theory. Retreating to a more conventional band arrangement of her piano backed up by her live band of trumpeter, drummer and standup bassist, the music continued to flow. When the set was over I was left in a state of awe at the compositions that had graced the venue. It felt like something special to hear music this different from the usual genres at the 'Foundry, a secret to be kept by the 50 or so in attendance. -Robin McGarrity
Opening Video Mixing with Pan Pan from Evan Bridges on Vimeo .