Del Water Gap

Jaffe is from Sharon, Connecticut.{{cite web |last1=Marcus |first1=Gerard |date=12 April 2019 |title=Del Water Gap – Don't Get Dark |url=https://www.thrdcoast.com/read/2019/4/12/interview-del-water-gap-dont-get-dark |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=ThrdCoast}} While at boarding school in Millbrook, New York, Jaffe first recorded as Del Water Gap.{{Cite web |title=Del Water Gap EP, by Del Water Gap |url=https://delwatergap.bandcamp.com/album/del-water-gap-ep |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Del Water Gap |language=en}} The name was inspired by the Delaware Water Gap.{{cite news |last1=Aitken |first1=Madeleine |date=18 March 2021 |title=Weekender: Del Water Gap talks band roots, meaning of his music and future plans |url=https://tuftsdaily.com/arts/2021/03/18/del-water-gap-talks-band-roots-meaning-of-his-music-and-future-plans/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |newspaper=The Tufts Daily |publisher=Tufts University |language=en}} 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."{{Cite web |last=Wald |first=Jackson |date=2021-11-30 |title=Del Water Gap Could Have Been Known as "The Baloney Pony" |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/del-water-gap-could-have-been-known-as-the-baloney-pony |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} He later attended the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University (NYU) to study music and sound production.{{cite news |last1=Parks |first1=Brit |date=27 August 2020 |title=The Ice Cube Necklace: An interview with Del Water Gap |work=Teeth Magazine |url=http://www.teethmag.net/interview-del-water-gap/ |access-date=8 March 2022}} Band membership changed often as Jaffe entered college. There, he connected with Maggie Rogers, who played in the first incarnation of Del Water Gap.{{cite web |last1=LaMantia |first1=Brooke |date=8 October 2021 |title=Meet Maggie Rogers's College Bandmate |url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/10/meet-maggie-rogers-college-bandmate-del-water-gap.html |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=The Cut |language=en-us}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Diorio |first1=Julia |last2=Brown |first2=Eliana |title=Beyond NYU: Del Water Gap on exploring creative vulnerability |url=https://nyunews.com/arts/2023/10/26/beyond-nyu-del-water-gap/ |website=Washington Square News |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=26 October 2023}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Manno |first1=Lizzie |title=Del Water Gap Shares Video for New Single, "Laid Down My Arms" |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/del-water-gap/del-water-gap-shares-new-video-laid-down-my-arms/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=Paste Magazine |date=13 November 2018 |language=en}} In 2019, he released the singles "Chastain" and "Theory of Emotion" ahead of his third EP, Don't Get Dark, also on Terrible Records.{{cite news |last1=Subic |first1=Meg |title=Del Water Gap shares bubbly new single 'Better Than I Know Myself' |url=https://indie88.com/del-water-gap-shares-bubbly-new-single-better-than-i-know-myself/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=Indie88 |date=23 July 2021}} In 2019, he released the EP Alive From Fresno, which included seven tracks recorded live.{{cite magazine |last1=Zellner |first1=Xander |title=10 First-Timers on Billboard's Charts This Week: Del Water Gap, The Beaches, Armand Hammer & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/billboard-charts-first-timers-del-water-gap-the-beaches-1235439657/ |access-date=28 October 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=11 October 2023}}

In 2020, Del Water Gap released "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" and "Mariposa" on Atlantic Records.{{Cite web |title=Atlantic Records Del Water Gap – Mariposa |url=https://www.atlanticrecords.com/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Atlantic Records Official Website |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Atlantic Records Del Water Gap – Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat |url=https://www.atlanticrecords.com/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Atlantic Records Official Website |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=This Is How Young Hollywood Throws A Party In A Pandemic |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/margaret-qualley-kaitlyn-dever-dance-party |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}

In December 2024, “Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat” was RIAA certified gold for 500,000 sales.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Del+water+gap#search_section |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}

Also in 2020, Jaffe featured on "New Song" with Maggie Rogers as part of her compilation album Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011–2016.{{Cite web |first=Krista|last=Marple|date=18 December 2020|title=Maggie Rogers Shares Previously Unreleased "New Song" Featuring Del Water Gap |url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/18/news/maggie-rogers-shares-previously-unreleased-new-song-featuring-del-water-gap/ |website=MXDWN}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Watch Maggie Rogers' Video for New Song "Want Want" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-maggie-rogers-video-for-new-song-want-want/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Maggie Rogers: Surrender |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/maggie-rogers-surrender/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} He also worked with Claud on the single "My Body" and co-wrote and produced Claud's "Never Meant to Call".{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Steffanee |title=Premiere: Claud & Del Water Gap's "My Body" Is A Sad, Auto-Tuned Bop |url=https://www.nylon.com/claud-del-water-gap-body |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Nylon |date=February 26, 2020 |language=en}}

In 2021, Jaffe released his debut LP Del Water Gap on Mom + Pop Music. He toured internationally to support the album.{{cite web |last1=Braaten |first1=Elizabeth |title=Del Water Gap Shines on I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/del-water-gap/del-water-gap-i-miss-you-already-i-havent-left-yet-review |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=29 September 2023}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Ciarlo |first1=Concetta |title=S. Holden Jaffe on Del Water Gap's Poetic Second Album, 'I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet' |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/s-holden-jaffe-del-water-gap-i-miss-you-already-i-havent-left-yet-interview |website=Vogue |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=25 September 2023}} The album, his second release on Mom + Pop, debuted at number 97 on the Top Current Album Sales chart.

In April 2024, Jaffe was announced as the opener for the North American leg of Niall Horan's The Show: Live on Tour.{{Cite web |title=Niall Horan: "THE SHOW" Live On Tour 2024 – Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |url=https://riverbend.org/concerts/2024/06/niall-horan-the-show-live-on-tour-2024 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Riverbend Music Center |language=en}} Jaffe was later added to the United Kingdom and Ireland legs of the tour as well.{{Cite web |last=Fasone |first=Sal |date=2024-09-09 |title=Del Water Gap played an intimate show in London (and you had to be there) |url=https://www.darkusmagazine.com/post/del-water-gap-played-an-intimate-show-in-london-and-you-had-to-be-there |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=DARKUS |language=en}} The tour included stops at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and the O2 Arena in London.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-13 |title=Five Fits With: Musician and Lover of Elegant Causal Clothes Del Water Gap |url=https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a62180336/del-water-gap-five-fits-with/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}

Jaffe has additionally opened for artists such as Halsey, girl in red, Arlo Parks, Holly Humberstone, Jeremy Zucker, Maggie Rogers and Mt. Joy.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2021 |title=MT. JOY W/ DEL WATER GAP - RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE |url=https://do303.com/events/2021/5/22/mt-joy-del-water-gap-tickets |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=Do303 - Denver News, Events and Updates}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-13 |title=Halsey announces North American tour with Del Water Gap, Alvvays, flowerovlove, Hope Tala, Magdalena Bay and more - Dork |url=https://readdork.com/news/halsey-tour-evanescence-alvvays-north-america/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=readdork.com |language=en-GB}}

• I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet On Tour - UK + Europe (2024){{Cite web |last=Melli |date=2023-09-26 |title=Del Water Gap |url=https://electricballroom.co.uk/del-water-gap/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Electric Ballroom Camden - Iconic Music Venue |language=en-GB}}
• I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet On Tour - North America (2023)
• Del Water Gap - UK + Europe Tour (2022){{Cite web |title=DEL WATER GAP {{!}} Botanique |url=https://botanique.be/en/concert/del-water-gap-2022 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=botanique.be}}
• Del Water Gap - North America Tour (2021, 2022){{Cite web |date=2021-10-08 |title=Del Water Gap Releases Full-length Debut Album 'Del Water Gap' |url=http://www.momandpopmusic.com/blog/2021/del-water-gap-debut-album-dwg |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Mom+Pop Music |language=en-US}}

• Halsey - For My Last Trick Tour (2025){{Cite web |date=2025-02-13 |title=Halsey announces North American tour with Del Water Gap, Alvvays, flowerovlove, Hope Tala, Magdalena Bay and more - Dork |url=https://readdork.com/news/halsey-tour-evanescence-alvvays-north-america/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=readdork.com |language=en-GB}}
• Niall Horan – The Show: Live on Tour (2024)
• Maggie Rogers - Feral Joy Tour (2023){{Cite web |last=Hatfield |first=Amanda |date=2022-10-20 |title=Maggie Rogers announces 2023 tour with Del Water Gap (Radio City Music Hall included) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/maggie-rogers-announces-2023-tour-with-del-water-gap-radio-city-music-hall-included/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}
• Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams Tour (2022){{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2023-09-05 |title=Del Water Gap and Arlo Parks Search for Balance on New Single 'Quilt of Steam' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/del-water-gap-arlo-parks-new-single-quilt-of-steam-1234818103/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
• girl in red - Make It Go Quiet Tour (2022){{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Notion |date=2022-05-05 |title=girl in red and Del Water Gap: Live at 02 Ritz Manchester |url=https://notion.online/girl-in-red-and-del-water-gap-live-at-02-ritz-manchester/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Notion |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Del Water Gap Crowd-Surfs in Thom Browne Shorts |url=https://www.gq.com/story/del-water-gap-crowd-surfs-in-thom-browne-shorts |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}
• Jeremy Zucker - MORE NOISE !!! (2021){{Cite web |last=UCR |date=2021-11-08 |title=Jeremy Zucker The Complex |url=http://utahconcertreview.com/jeremy-zucker/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Utah Concert Review |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Zucker presents MORE NOISE !!!! - Saturday October 30th, 2021 At The Complex Salt Lake City, Utah Events |url=https://www.thecomplexslc.com/event-2014.htm |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.thecomplexslc.com}}
• Holly Humberstone - Live at the Roxy Theatre (2021){{Cite web |last=S.Lo |date=2021-10-09 |title=This Week's Shows and Streams: October 4–10 |url=https://buzzbands.la/2021/10/08/this-weeks-shows-and-streams-october-4-10/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=buzzbands.la |language=en}}

• Corona Capital (2024)
• All Things Go (2024)
• Shaky Knees Music Festival (2024)
• Newport Folk Festival (2023){{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Del Water Gap feels at home with Newport Folk Festival's homegrown vibe |url=https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2023-08-01/del-water-gap-feels-at-home-with-newport-folk-festivals-homegrown-vibe |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=GBH |language=en}}
• Austin City Limits (2023){{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2023-05-09 |title=Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Shania Twain Lead Austin City Limits Fest Lineup |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/austin-city-limits-fest-2023-lineup-kendrick-lamar-foo-fighters-1234731878/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
• Splendour in the Grass (2023){{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Alex |date=2023-05-16 |title=Splendour In The Grass 2023: latest updates on the festival's line-up, tickets, sideshows and more |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/splendour-in-the-grass-2023-updates-lineup-tickets-sideshows-3440615 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=NME |language=en-AU}}
• Governors Ball Music Festival (2022){{Cite web |title=Lineup Poster |url=https://www.governorsballmusicfestival.com/lineup-poster/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The Governors Ball Music Festival |language=en-US}}
• Lollapalooza (2022){{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=Lollapalooza 2022 Lineup Announced: Metallica, Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Green Day, Doja Cat and More to Headline |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lollapalooza/lollapalooza-2022-lineup-dua-lipa-metallica-doja-c/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Paste Magazine|language=en}}
• Outside Lands (2022){{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |title=Outside Lands 2022 lineup (Green Day, Post Malone, SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Wet Leg, more) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/outside-lands-2022-lineup-green-day-post-malone-sza-phoebe-bridgers-wet-leg-more/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=BrooklynVegan |date=April 19, 2022 |language=en}}
• All Things Go (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-07-24 |title=Find Your Hot Girl Summer Anthem: All Things Go Festival Edition |url=https://allthingsgomusic.com/your-hot-girl-summer-anthem-all-things-go-festival-edition/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=All Things Go |language=en-US}}
• Firefly Music Festival (2021){{Cite web |title=Firefly Festival 2022 - The Woodlands, Dover, DE |url=https://fireflyfestival.com/past-lineups/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=fireflyfestival.com}}

• Late Night with Seth Meyers – January 26, 2022{{cite web |title=Late Night with Seth Meyers Highlight: Del Water Gap: Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat |url=https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/del-water-gap-ode-to-a-conversation-stuck-in-your-throat/777605608 |website=NBC |access-date=19 May 2022 |date=27 January 2022}}

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• [https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/del-water-gap-could-have-been-known-as-the-baloney-pony Del Water Gap Could Have Been “The Baloney Pony”] - Interview Magazine

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