Must say I didn’t expect to find one of my 2015 summer jams so fast but New York quartet Sly Moth (one of The Deli’s Best NYC Emerging Artists of 2014) is like an early (or late) Santa. Their new self-titled record features playful surf/indie-rock guitar and bass, parading percussive sections, and talk of dizziness, sunshine, and sticky jealousy. The Joy Formidable and Waxahatchee come to mind. These songs are catchy and gladly avoid easy traps like getting stuck in stagnancy or mind numbing choruses. Dani Newman’s vocals fit into dreamy grooves and crackle effortlessly here and there like a cinema actress laughing into a telephone. Did you know the band started forming with a craigslist ad? One of those love stories. – Leora Mandel