stream Erika de Casier’s stellar debut LP Essentials

If we didn't adequately hype this one up enough with the Sade and Smerz comparisons when we premiered her dreamy "Good Time" video a couple weeks back, allow us to try again: Copenhagen's Erika de Casier just dropped her debut record on a Thursday, and it's one of the year's best. The record, which de Casier is self-releasing on her own Independent Jeep Music label, has an intoxicatingly warm and romantic nocturnal vibe, influenced by everything from bossa nova to the best parts of classic '90s R&B, with sick production coming from DJ Sports, El Trick, and de Casier herself, and you can listen to whole thing below: