So, Gabriella Cilmi is the latest in a long line of female artists seemingly exploiting the old jazz/blues/soul genres. Sweet About Me is reminiscent of Norah Jones and Katie Melua at their absolute best, cool and subtly flirtatious (well, Melua in that respect).

PopJustice wittily remarked that Sweet About me could become #1 by Christmas, noting that the single has had a slow burn effect, gradually climbing into the top ten after initially entering the charts at a very low position.

The thing that surprised us here at Unreality Music was that Cilmi is deeply involved with the Xenomania team – best known for their cutting edge work with Girls Aloud and Sugababes. Take a listen to the other songs on Gabriella’s MySpace page and you’ll discover a far more musically diverse set of songs than you might expect.

This is refreshing for us – Cilmi is obviously not going to be pigeonholed (as so many young female artists are these days) into the ‘who’s the new Amy Winehouse this week’ box.

The song itself is just brilliant – a sexy vocal performance, with Cilmi alternating between strong and bluesy on the “If there’s lessons to be learned” line and girly-innocent on “Nothing’s sweet about me”. Yes, this tune gets a thumbs up from us.