Del Water Gap has released a new single, “Cigarettes & Wine” featuring rising star singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone today. “Cigarettes & Wine” maps the intimacy of a relationship that makes a couple feel like they’re the only two people who exist in the world. The track is a dreamy slice of bedroom-pop, with Del Water Gap and Humberstone’s vocals blending seamlessly to create a stirring and breathlessly romantic soundscape. Last night on stage at Del Water Gap’s SOLD OUT Electric Ballroom concert in London, Humberstone joined him to debut the song, which premieres on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 Future Sounds show today.
Del Water Gap says, “Cigarettes & Wine” is an ode to a transatlantic long distance relationship. It’s about finally getting to catch a moment with the person you’ve been missing the most, and the threads that keep you connected when you’re once again forced to say goodbye.”
Humberstone says, “Working on ‘Cigarettes & Wine’ with one of my favourite artists has been so much fun. I first met Holden about three years ago at the very start of my career when we played a show together at The Roxy in Los Angeles. It was my first time in the states and I’d been a huge fan of Holden’s music and so I was pretty star struck! As the years have gone on I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot more time in the states, but have definitely felt the pressures that long distance can put on relationships and I think that’s something that a lot of touring artists can really relate to. It’s a song that is so meaningful to me and being able to create it with one of my favourite writers has really been a dream and I hope people love it as much as we do.”
The track follows Del Water Gap’s explosive second album I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet that arrived last year via Mom+Pop, which earned critical praise from Vogue, Rolling Stone, GQ, W, VMan, Office and many more as a masterclass in confessional lyricism, and follows his extensive sold out North American tour that included a hometown performance at NYC’s Brooklyn Steel. In 2023, the BRIT Rising Star award winner, Humberstone followed up her pair of confessional, raw EPs with her debut full length album Paint My Bedroom Black. The album received widespread critical acclaim and crafts a dark and otherworldly space that is both lucid and visceral, capturing moments that are both uncomfortably intimate and brutally revealing.
Del Water Gap Tour Dates:
Feb 1 – Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall SOLD OUT
Feb 3 – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall SOLD OUT
Feb 4 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Warehouse SOLD OUT
Feb 6 – Dublin, IE – The Academy
May 3-5 – Atlanta, GA – Shakey Knees
May 17-19 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival