Del Water Gap is S. Holden Jaffe, an American singer-songwriter born in Brooklyn in 1995 who collaborated early with Maggie Rogers and took his name from the Delaware Water Gap. His confessional indie pop moves between bedroom intimacy and full-band swell — start with the 2021 self-titled debut on Mom + Pop. Browse Del Water Gap vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
S. Holden Jaffe, performing as Del Water Gap, is an American singer-songwriter born in 1995 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended NYU and was an early collaborator with Maggie Rogers before launching Del Water Gap as a solo project. The project name comes from the Delaware Water Gap region between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He signed with Mom + Pop Music and released his self-titled debut album in 2021.
Del Water Gap's sound combines indie pop, indie rock, alternative pop, and bedroom pop with confessional songwriting and Jaffe's distinctive intimate vocal delivery. His arrangements move between acoustic singer-songwriter aesthetics and fuller band production.
Mom + Pop pressings of the Del Water Gap catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Del Water Gap typically start with the 2021 self-titled debut.
