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Birth name | Samuel Holden Jaffe [1] |
Also known as | S. Holden Jaffe |
Born | April 15, 1993 [2] [3] |
Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Indie pop |
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Years active | 2012–present |
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Website | delwatergap |
Del Water Gap is the indie pop solo project [lower-alpha 1] 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.
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. [7]
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. [7]
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]
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 Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011–2016 . [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 girl in red, Arlo Parks, Holly Humberstone, Jeremy Zucker, Maggie Rogers and Mt. Joy. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Title | Details |
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I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet |
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Del Water Gap |
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Alive from Fresno |
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Don't Get Dark |
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1 (646) 943 2672 (Extended Play) |
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Sleeping (Extended Play) |
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Del Water Gap EP |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"NFU" | 2023 | I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet |
"Coping on Unemployment" | 2023 | |
"Quilt of Steam" feat. Arlo Parks | 2023 | |
"Losing You" | 2023 | |
"All We Ever Do Is Talk" | 2023 | |
"Complicated" (Avril Lavigne cover) | 2022 | Spotify Singles |
"Alone Together" | 2021 | Del 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" | 2020 | Non-album single |
"Cigarettes & Wine" [44] | 2024 |
Title | Year | Album |
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"New Song" (Maggie Rogers and Del Water Gap) | 2020 | Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016 |
"(Does It Feel Slow?)" (Maggie Rogers and Del Water Gap) | 2020 | |
"My Body" (Claud and Del Water Gap) | 2020 | Non-album single |
Year | Song | Artist | Album | Details |
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2022 | "everything i hate about you" | Johnny Orlando | all the things that could go wrong | Producer/songwriter |
2022 | "Anywhere with You" | Maggie Rogers | Surrender | Producer/songwriter |
2022 | "Want Want" | Maggie Rogers | Surrender | Producer/songwriter |
2021 | "Thief" | Ella Jane | THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! | Producer |
2021 | "Peachi" | Chloe George | Non-album single | Producer |
2021 | "Something to Miss" | Kristiane | I Miss Myself, Sometimes | Producer |
2021 | "life sentence" | Zachary Knowles | tendency to be a loner | Producer/songwriter |
2020 | "Japanese Posters" | Rebounder | Subway Songs | Songwriter |
2018 | "Never Meant to Call" | Claud | Non-album single | Producer/songwriter |
Title | Year | Director |
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"All We Ever Do Is Talk" | 2023 | Talia Ryder [46] |
"Perfume" | 2021 | S. Holden Jaffe and Charlie Plummer |
"Hurting Kind" | 2021 | S. Holden Jaffe and Charlie Plummer |
"Sorry I Am" | 2021 | S. Holden Jaffe and Angela Ricciardi |
"Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" | 2020 | S. Holden Jaffe |
"My Body" (Claud and Del Water Gap) | 2020 | S. Holden Jaffe and Claud Mintz |
"Theory of Emotion" | 2019 | Dillon Moore |
"Laid Down My Arms" | 2018 | Dillon Moore |
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