Grace & Grit

Two conflicting sides are unified on this Canadian country singer's debut LP. On the ripping title track, Meghan Patrick brings some serious, sassy punch to lines like, “I can be as pretty as a wildflower petal/A little bit of angel/Double shot of devil.” The Chad Kroeger-cowritten “Bow Chicka Wow Wow” is a revved-up honky-tonk stomper about sizing up the perfect guy. But Patrick strikes a winning balance throughout, getting tender and pensive on the relationship exploration “Still Loving You,” and considering morning-after regret over gorgeous fiddle and pedal steel on the soaring ballad “I Won’t Drink."