Having been hyped to high heaven at the beginning of the year, now’s the time for the Class of 2013 to deliver on their promise. Step forward BRIT Critics’ Choice/BBC Sound Of nominee Laura Mvula, and the first of the bunch to do just that. If her 2011 EP ‘She’ hinted at a star in the making, debut album Sing To The Moon confirms it beyond all doubt. A beautiful blend of baroque pop and soul, Sing To The Moon finds the 26 year old singer-songwriter drawing on her classical training, offering up unusual arrangements, complex instrumentation, and a voice which falls blissfully between Billie Holiday’s and Amy Winehouse’s. It’s seriously accomplished stuff, and if it doesn’t win Mvula a Mercury Prize nomination later in the year, we’ll be amazed.