A UK band hoping to pull off Nashville-approved country better know its history. With their debut album, Brave, The Shires' Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes prove they've done their homework. Brave's stadium-ready choruses recall Tim McGraw and Faith Hill; there's a Civil Wars-style chemistry between the duo's voices and a gentle whiskey-soaked warmth reminiscent of Lady Antebellum. The Shires are proving they belong in this company, y'all.