Fight Like a Girl

Contemporary country duo Bomshel issue FIGHT LIKE A GIRL, their 2009 debut album, three years after Curb licensed EP BOMSHEL STOMP on their own label. The duo of Kristy Osmunson and Kelley Shepard created a buzz on country radio earlier in the year with the single "Fight Like a Girl," written by the pair with Bob Regen, which has become an anthem--especially for young women--of empowerment. That track is obviously here, as are the barroom dancehall stomper "Karma Is a Female Dog" and anthemic "19 and Crazy." The truth: the pair is talented beyond belief almost. They can write and sing and have the looks that breed success in an industry that values such qualities highly. Their songs were all co-written with Nash Vegas professionals and the production is pure '80s hair rock with Shepard's fiddle added in all the right spots.