The Van Pelt is an American indie rock band from New York City that were active from 1993 to 1997, and have reformed several times since.

London soon left the group, and Toko Yasuda joined the band in 1995 to record their first album Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves in 1996 with Alap Momin at Sweetwood Sound.

Brian Maryansky and Sean Greene would join in late 1996 for the writing, recording of and Sultans Of Sentiment in 1997.

The Van Pelt disbanded in 1997, with Chris and Toko forming a new band called The Lapse that year, and Brian later joining Jets to Brazil in 1998.

[7] On December 6, 2022, the band announced via Instagram that a fourth studio album, entitled Artisans & Merchants, would be released the next year.