Del Water Gap Explained

Birth Name:Samuel Holden Jaffe[1]
Alias:S. Holden Jaffe
Birth Date:April 15, 1993[2] [3]
Origin:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre:Indie pop
Years Active:2012–present

Del Water Gap is the indie pop solo project of Samuel Holden Jaffe (also known as S. Holden Jaffe), an American musician and record producer based in Brooklyn, New York.[4] He rose to prominence following the release of the single "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" in 2020. He has subsequently released two studio albums with Mom + Pop Music.

Career

Inception and early career

Jaffe is from Sharon, Connecticut.[5] While at boarding school in Millbrook, New York, Jaffe first recorded as Del Water Gap.[6] The name was inspired by the Delaware Water Gap.[7] Jaffe cites seeing the name handwritten on the back of a box truck in Sharpie at the age of seventeen. At the time of the project's inception, Jaffe was playing drums in a noise rock band in which "they wouldn’t really let me sing."[8] He later attended the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University (NYU) to study music and sound production.[9] Band membership changed often as Jaffe entered college. There, he connected with Maggie Rogers, who played in the first incarnation of Del Water Gap.[10] She was in the band for six months. After two of the people he had started the project with dropped out, Jaffe took on Del Water Gap as a solo project.

In 2013, Del Water Gap released his first EP, Del Water Gap EP.[11] In 2017, he independently released the EP 1 (646) 943 2672, named after the number for a burner phone he encouraged fans to call.

In 2018, Jaffe released the single "Laid Down My Arms" on Terrible Records.[12] In 2019, he released the singles "Chastain" and "Theory of Emotion" ahead of his third EP, Don't Get Dark, also on Terrible Records.[13] In 2019, he released the EP Alive From Fresno, which included seven tracks recorded live.[14]

2020–present: "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" and mainstream success

In 2020, Del Water Gap released "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" and "Mariposa" on Atlantic Records.[15] [16] In July 2020, "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" gained widespread attention after actresses Margaret Qualley and Kaitlyn Dever posted an Instagram video of themselves performing a "socially distant dance party" to the song during the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

Also in 2020, Jaffe featured on "New Song" with Maggie Rogers as part of her compilation album .[18] Jaffe also collaborated with Rogers on her second album, Surrender, co-writing and producing the singles "Want Want" and "Anywhere With You" alongside Rogers and Kid Harpoon.[19] [20] He also worked with Claud on the single "My Body" and co-wrote and produced Claud's "Never Meant to Call".[21]

In 2021, Jaffe released his debut LP Del Water Gap on Mom + Pop Music. He toured internationally to support the album.[22]

In 2023, Jaffe released the album I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet. The recording process took approximately 18 months over 40 studio sessions. It features collaborations with musicians such as Clairo and Arlo Parks.[23] The album, his second release on Mom + Pop, debuted at number 97 on the Top Current Album Sales chart.[14]

Jaffe has opened for artists such as Niall Horan, girl in red, Arlo Parks, Holly Humberstone, Jeremy Zucker, Maggie Rogers and Mt. Joy.[24]

Performances

Tours

Headliner

Opening act

Festivals

Television

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet
  • Release date: September 29, 2023
  • Label: Mom + Pop Music
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, LP
Del Water Gap
  • Released: October 8, 2021
  • Label: Mom + Pop Music
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, cassette, LP

Extended plays

! Title! Details
Alive from Fresno
  • Released: November 22, 2019
  • Label: Terrible Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Don't Get Dark
  • Released: April 12, 2019
  • Label: Terrible Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, LP, CD
1 (646) 943 2672 (Extended Play)
  • Released: March 10, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD
Sleeping (Extended Play)
  • Released: May 2, 2014
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD
Del Water Gap EP
  • Released: May 18, 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD

Singles

As lead artist

! Title! Year! Album
"NFU"2023I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet
"Coping on Unemployment"2023
"Quilt of Steam" feat. Arlo Parks2023
"Losing You"2023
"All We Ever Do Is Talk"2023
"Alone Together"2021Del Water Gap
"Perfume"2021
"Better Than I Know Myself"2021
"Hurting Kind"2021
"Sorry I Am"2021
"Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat"2020
"Mariposa"2020Non-album single
"Cigarettes & Wine"[44] 2024

As featured artist

! Title! Year! Album
"New Song"2020Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016
"(Does It Feel Slow?)"2020
"My Body"2020Non-album single

Songwriting and production credits

[45]

! Year! Song! Artist! Album! Details
2022"everything i hate about you"Johnny Orlandoall the things that could go wrongProducer/songwriter
2022"Anywhere with You"Maggie RogersSurrenderProducer/songwriter
2022"Want Want"Maggie RogersSurrenderProducer/songwriter
2021"Thief"Ella JaneTHIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!Producer
2021"Peachi"Chloe GeorgeNon-album singleProducer
2021"Something to Miss"KristianeI Miss Myself, SometimesProducer
2021"life sentence"Zachary Knowlestendency to be a lonerProducer/songwriter
2020"Japanese Posters"RebounderSubway SongsSongwriter
2018"Never Meant to Call"ClaudNon-album singleProducer/songwriter

Music videos

! Title! Year! Director
"All We Ever Do Is Talk"2023Talia Ryder[46]
"Perfume"2021S. Holden Jaffe and Charlie Plummer
"Hurting Kind"2021S. Holden Jaffe and Charlie Plummer
"Sorry I Am"2021S. Holden Jaffe and Angela Ricciardi
"Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat"2020S. Holden Jaffe
"My Body"2020S. Holden Jaffe and Claud Mintz
"Theory of Emotion"2019Dillon Moore
"Laid Down My Arms"2018Dillon Moore

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASCAP Repertory.
  2. Web site: today is my birthday. grateful to be alive . Facebook . Del Water Gap . 28 February 2024 . 15 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Meet Maggie Rogers's College Bandmate . October 8, 2021 .
  4. News: Adamian . John . S. Holden Jaffe bringing Del Water Gap project to Cafe Nine . . 8 March 2022 . February 1, 2019 . February 4, 2019.
  5. Web site: Marcus . Gerard . 12 April 2019 . Del Water Gap – Don't Get Dark . 8 March 2022 . ThrdCoast.
  6. Web site: Del Water Gap EP, by Del Water Gap . 2022-11-07 . Del Water Gap . en.
  7. News: Aitken . Madeleine . 18 March 2021 . Weekender: Del Water Gap talks band roots, meaning of his music and future plans . 8 March 2022 . . . en.
  8. Web site: Wald . Jackson . 2021-11-30 . Del Water Gap Could Have Been Known as "The Baloney Pony" . 2023-05-28 . Interview Magazine . en-US.
  9. News: Parks . Brit . 27 August 2020 . The Ice Cube Necklace: An interview with Del Water Gap . Teeth Magazine . 8 March 2022.
  10. Web site: LaMantia . Brooke . 8 October 2021 . Meet Maggie Rogers's College Bandmate . 8 March 2022 . The Cut . en-us.
  11. Web site: Diorio . Julia . Brown . Eliana . Beyond NYU: Del Water Gap on exploring creative vulnerability . Washington Square News . 28 October 2023 . 26 October 2023.
  12. News: Manno . Lizzie . Del Water Gap Shares Video for New Single, "Laid Down My Arms" . 8 March 2022 . Paste Magazine . 13 November 2018 . en.
  13. News: Subic . Meg . Del Water Gap shares bubbly new single 'Better Than I Know Myself' . 8 March 2022 . Indie88 . 23 July 2021.
  14. Zellner . Xander . 10 First-Timers on Billboard's Charts This Week: Del Water Gap, The Beaches, Armand Hammer & More . 28 October 2023 . Billboard . 11 October 2023.
  15. Web site: Atlantic Records Del Water Gap – Mariposa . 2022-03-11 . Atlantic Records Official Website . en.
  16. Web site: Atlantic Records Del Water Gap – Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat . 2022-03-11 . Atlantic Records Official Website . en.
  17. Web site: 2020-07-02 . This Is How Young Hollywood Throws A Party In A Pandemic . 2022-03-31 . British Vogue . en-GB.
  18. Web site: Krista. Marple. 18 December 2020. Maggie Rogers Shares Previously Unreleased "New Song" Featuring Del Water Gap . MXDWN.
  19. Web site: 2022-06-01 . Watch Maggie Rogers' Video for New Song "Want Want" . 2022-06-04 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  20. Web site: Maggie Rogers: Surrender . 2022-07-31 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  21. Web site: Wang . Steffanee . Premiere: Claud & Del Water Gap's "My Body" Is A Sad, Auto-Tuned Bop . 2022-03-12 . Nylon . February 26, 2020 . en.
  22. Web site: Braaten . Elizabeth . Del Water Gap Shines on I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet . Paste Magazine . 28 October 2023 . 29 September 2023.
  23. Web site: Ciarlo . Concetta . S. Holden Jaffe on Del Water Gap's Poetic Second Album, 'I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet' . Vogue . 28 October 2023 . 25 September 2023.
  24. Web site: 22 May 2021 . MT. JOY W/ DEL WATER GAP - RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE . 23 November 2023 . Do303 - Denver News, Events and Updates.
  25. Web site: Melli . 2023-09-26 . Del Water Gap . 2023-11-19 . Electric Ballroom Camden - Iconic Music Venue . en-GB.
  26. Web site: DEL WATER GAP Botanique . 2023-11-19 . botanique.be.
  27. Web site: 2021-10-08 . Del Water Gap Releases Full-length Debut Album 'Del Water Gap' . 2023-11-19 . Mom+Pop Music . en-US.
  28. Web site: Hatfield . Amanda . 2022-10-20 . Maggie Rogers announces 2023 tour with Del Water Gap (Radio City Music Hall included) . 2023-11-19 . BrooklynVegan . en-US.
  29. Paul . Larisha . 2023-09-05 . Del Water Gap and Arlo Parks Search for Balance on New Single 'Quilt of Steam' . 2023-11-19 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  30. Web site: Staff . Notion . 2022-05-05 . girl in red and Del Water Gap: Live at 02 Ritz Manchester . 2023-11-19 . Notion . en-GB.
  31. Web site: 2023-10-26 . Del Water Gap Crowd-Surfs in Thom Browne Shorts . 2023-11-19 . GQ . en-US.
  32. Web site: UCR . 2021-11-08 . Jeremy Zucker The Complex . 2023-11-19 . Utah Concert Review . en-US.
  33. Web site: Jeremy Zucker presents MORE NOISE !!!! - Saturday October 30th, 2021 At The Complex Salt Lake City, Utah Events . 2023-11-19 . www.thecomplexslc.com.
  34. Web site: S.Lo . 2021-10-09 . This Week's Shows and Streams: October 4–10 . 2023-11-19 . buzzbands.la . en.
  35. Web site: 2023-08-01 . Del Water Gap feels at home with Newport Folk Festival's homegrown vibe . 2023-11-19 . GBH . en.
  36. Blistein . Jon . 2023-05-09 . Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Shania Twain Lead Austin City Limits Fest Lineup . 2023-11-19 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  37. Web site: Gallagher . Alex . 2023-05-16 . Splendour In The Grass 2023: latest updates on the festival's line-up, tickets, sideshows and more . 2023-05-21 . NME . en-AU.
  38. Web site: Lineup Poster . 2022-03-11 . The Governors Ball Music Festival . en-US.
  39. Web site: 2022-03-23 . Lollapalooza 2022 Lineup Announced: Metallica, Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Green Day, Doja Cat and More to Headline . 2022-04-12 . Paste Magazine. en.
  40. Web site: Pearis . Bill . Outside Lands 2022 lineup (Green Day, Post Malone, SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Wet Leg, more) . 2022-04-20 . BrooklynVegan . April 19, 2022 . en.
  41. Web site: 2021-07-24 . Find Your Hot Girl Summer Anthem: All Things Go Festival Edition . 2022-03-11 . All Things Go . en-US.
  42. Web site: Firefly Festival 2022 - The Woodlands, Dover, DE . 2022-03-11 . fireflyfestival.com.
  43. Web site: Late Night with Seth Meyers Highlight: Del Water Gap: Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat . NBC . 19 May 2022 . 27 January 2022.
  44. Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone Are So Close But So Far Away on 'Cigarettes & Wine' . Rolling Stone. January 31, 2024. February 5, 2024.
  45. Web site: S. Holden Jaffe - MUSIC .
  46. Web site: 2023-11-18 . V Girls: Talia Ryder . 2023-11-19 . V Magazine . en-US.

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