The first, instantly noticeable aspect of Fredericksburg, VA’s Pash is the luminous voice of singer/guitarist Merideth Munoz. With a voice that partially recalls Rainer Maria’s Caithlin de Marrais and has a rock edge reminiscent of Pretty Girls Make Graves’ Andrea Zollo, Munoz has the vocal tenacity to halt anyone who may have stumbled across a track on their MySpace page.

Munoz met guitarist Erik Bruner-Yang and his roommate, drummer John Bibb, when they all went to school at The University of Mary Washington. Bruner-Yang, Bibb and bassist Ryan McLaughlin all grew up together in Woodbridge, VA. Despite this long history together, Pash has only started to take on an identity as a band worth knowing within the past year, mostly on account of their second album, The Best Gun, produced by Jason Caddell of Dismemberment Plan fame. The Best Gun proves that they have chops in the studio as well as onstage, but if you’ve not been initiated to their fiery live show, they’ll be opening for Three Stars alums Jukebox the Ghost at the Black Cat on January 26.