# The Regrettes
**The Regrettes** were an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2015, led by singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter [Lydia Night](https://www.edgepedia.org/lydia-night) and known for a sound that moved from riot grrrl-influenced garage punk to polished pop over three albums on [Warner Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-records).[1](https://wmg.jp/the-regrettes) • [2](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/the-regrettes-new-album-further-joy-3195785) The band announced its breakup in November 2023, with one final show.[3](https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-regrettes-further-joy)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles quartet, formed in 2015[1](https://wmg.jp/the-regrettes) |
| Label | Warner Records (signed early in the band's life)[4](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/11/the-regrettes-how-do-you-love-review) |
| Albums | *Feel Your Feelings Fool!* (January 13, 2017), *How Do You Love?* (August 2019), *Further Joy* (April 8, 2022)[5](https://www.metacritic.com/music/feel-your-feelings-fool%21/the-regrettes/critic-reviews) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/11/the-regrettes-how-do-you-love-review) • [6](https://www.allmusic.com/album/further-joy-mw0003684403) |
| Final lineup | Lydia Night (vocals, guitar), Genessa Gariano (guitar), Brooke Dickson (bass), Drew Thomsen (drums)[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) |
| Critical reception | Debut scored 82 on Metacritic (universal acclaim, 4 reviews)[5](https://www.metacritic.com/music/feel-your-feelings-fool%21/the-regrettes/critic-reviews); NME called the band "truly unstoppable" after *How Do You Love?*[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) |
| Festivals and TV | Coachella, Reading + Leeds, Bonnaroo; appearances on Good Morning America, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live • [8](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-regrettes-genessa-gariano-further-joy) |
| End | Breakup announced November 2023 with one final show; Night launched a solo career[3](https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-regrettes-further-joy) |
## Formation and early years
The band grew out of friendships made at music school. Lydia Night and guitarist Genessa Gariano met as teenagers at [School of Rock](https://www.edgepedia.org/school-of-rock), lost touch, and reconnected a few years later; Night's previous two-piece band had broken up suddenly in December 2015, and she recruited Gariano, drummer Maxx Morando, and bassist Sage Chavis to play with her.[9](https://www.vogue.com/article/the-regrettes-teen-band-you-need-to-know) • [8](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-regrettes-genessa-gariano-further-joy) Night brought unusual experience for her age: she had sung Ramones songs at her father's New Orleans nightclub soundchecks from age 2, formed her first band LILA at 7 after moving to California, and at 12 became the youngest performer at South By Southwest as half of the two-piece Pretty Little Demons.[10](https://www.altpress.com/the-regrettes-interview-issue-402)
The early sound blended surfy punk with Motown, drawing on the LA Burger Records scene, riot grrrl bands such as [Bikini Kill](https://www.edgepedia.org/bikini-kill) and Bratmobile, and 1960s girl-group songwriting.[11](https://whus.org/2023/01/the-regrettes-on-the-evolution-of-their-music-live-shows-and-social-media/) Critics placed the debut at the crossroads of the Ramones and the Shangri-Las, with AllMusic noting the band's fondness for old-fashioned songwriting, girl-group choruses, and garagey riffs.[12](https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0003005462)
## Albums
**Feel Your Feelings Fool! (2017).** The debut was cut just months after the band's formation, in a few quick sessions, and released on January 13, 2017 on Warner Bros.; it runs 46:48 and was recorded at Can-Am in Tarzana, California.[12](https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0003005462) It earned a Metascore of 82, with all four reviews positive; Alternative Press highlighted the 16-year-old Night's gritty delivery and feminist sentiments, while Exclaim found the production overly safe.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/music/feel-your-feelings-fool%21/the-regrettes/critic-reviews) Songs dealt with self-perception and how others judge, often with a defiant posture; "A Living Human Girl," the first major single, took aim at the patriarchy and societal expectations of beauty.[13](https://parklifedc.com/2017/03/27/music-park-the-regrettes-black-cat-32217/) • [14](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-regrettes-20160814-snap-story.html)
**How Do You Love? (2019).** The sophomore LP, released in August 2019, brought wide acclaim: NPR Music called it "a terrific culmination of a band that has been honing and perfecting their sound," and [Teen Vogue](https://www.edgepedia.org/teen-vogue) praised its "incredibly self-aware, empowering pop-punk."[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) The Guardian's review found a "rock-solid west coast pop-punk spine" and heirs to [No Doubt](https://www.edgepedia.org/no-doubt) in songs like "Stop and Go," while noting the band had lost four members in as many years of existence and that fifteen tracks stretched them too far.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/11/the-regrettes-how-do-you-love-review) By this point the lineup was Night, Gariano, bassist Brooke Dickson, and drummer Drew Thomsen.[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) In 2018 the band had released the *Attention Seeker* EP and dominated that year's top summer festivals, from Coachella to Reading + Leeds.[15](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2022-07/The-Regrettes-Holiday-Ish-Press-Release.pdf)
**Further Joy (2022).** After the pandemic shut down touring, the band reconvened in January 2021 for a 10-day writing retreat in Joshua Tree, leaving with demos and a vision for the record; Night called it the "poppiest, and danciest" album they had made.[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) Recorded with producers Jacknife Lee and Tim Pagnotta, it was released on April 8, 2022, running 43:36, and pushed hooks to the forefront with synthesizers, vocal harmonies, and drum loops while guitars were buried in the mix.[6](https://www.allmusic.com/album/further-joy-mw0003684403) The title, Night explained, referred to the hamster wheel of constantly chasing happiness, which in turn makes you unhappy.[7](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes) Kerrang! awarded it 4/5, highlighting the hazy piano-centered sapphic crush ballad "You're So Fucking Pretty" and the electro-pop turn of "Barely On My Mind."[3](https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-regrettes-further-joy) Night herself described the record as feeling like a modern, adult version of the debut, moving from body image as a 15-year-old to adult anxieties.[16](https://www.spinmagazine.com/2022/06/the-regrettes-futher-joy-lydia-night/)
## Sound and themes
The band's writing centered on Night's diary-like lyrics about adolescence, mental health, body image, and relationships, delivered with what SPIN called glittering pop-rock meant to dispel insecurities.[16](https://www.spinmagazine.com/2022/06/the-regrettes-futher-joy-lydia-night/) The style shifted deliberately across the catalog: the debut was riot grrrl and garage punk, the second mixed punk with pop, and the third embraced synth-pop and new wave, with influences Night listed as [The 1975](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-1975), [Charli XCX](https://www.edgepedia.org/charli-xcx), Gorillaz, Taylor Swift, The Cure, The Clash, No Doubt, and [Gwen Stefani](https://www.edgepedia.org/gwen-stefani).[11](https://whus.org/2023/01/the-regrettes-on-the-evolution-of-their-music-live-shows-and-social-media/) • [16](https://www.spinmagazine.com/2022/06/the-regrettes-futher-joy-lydia-night/) Guitarist Genessa Gariano, who is non-binary, cited St. Vincent's Annie Clark as the reason she kept playing guitar, and the band's queer perspective was a visible part of its identity.[8](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-regrettes-genessa-gariano-further-joy)
## Breakup and aftermath
In November 2023 the band announced it was over, with one final show, saying the members wanted to focus on other projects.[3](https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-regrettes-further-joy) Night, who had been the band's primary creative force, subsequently launched a solo career with the debut album *Parody of Pleasure*; in a 2024 interview she described the unequal investment within the band, saying The Regrettes had been her identity while her bandmates had other things going on.[17](https://www.papermag.com/lydia-night)
## References
1. [ザ・リグレッツ / The Regrettes, Warner Music Japan](https://wmg.jp/the-regrettes)
2. [The Regrettes – 'Further Joy' review: the punks go pop, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/the-regrettes-new-album-further-joy-3195785)
3. [Album review: The Regrettes – Further Joy, Kerrang!](https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-the-regrettes-further-joy)
4. [The Regrettes: How Do You Love? review – reliably explosive, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/11/the-regrettes-how-do-you-love-review)
5. [Critic Reviews for Feel Your Feelings Fool!, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/music/feel-your-feelings-fool%21/the-regrettes/critic-reviews)
6. [The Regrettes: Further Joy Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/further-joy-mw0003684403)
7. [The Regrettes, The Regrettes Official Website](https://www.theregrettes.com/regrettes)
8. [The Regrettes' Genessa Gariano interview, Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-regrettes-genessa-gariano-further-joy)
9. [Teen Band The Regrettes Will Help You Rediscover Your Youth, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/the-regrettes-teen-band-you-need-to-know)
10. [The Regrettes liberated themselves from expectation in AltPress issue #402 cover story](https://www.altpress.com/the-regrettes-interview-issue-402)
11. [The Regrettes On the Evolution of Their Music, Live Shows and More, WHUS Radio](https://whus.org/2023/01/the-regrettes-on-the-evolution-of-their-music-live-shows-and-social-media/)
12. [The Regrettes: Feel Your Feel... Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0003005462)
13. [Music Park: The Regrettes @ Black Cat — 3/22/17, Parklife DC](https://parklifedc.com/2017/03/27/music-park-the-regrettes-black-cat-32217/)
14. [The Regrettes may be high-school age, but the band's worldview is all grown up, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-regrettes-20160814-snap-story.html)
15. [The Regrettes Holiday-Ish press release, Warner Records](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2022-07/The-Regrettes-Holiday-Ish-Press-Release.pdf)
16. [The Regrettes on the Magic of Making A 'Fuck It' Album, SPIN](https://www.spinmagazine.com/2022/06/the-regrettes-futher-joy-lydia-night/)
17. [Lydia Night Talks "Parody Of Pleasure", PAPER Magazine](https://www.papermag.com/lydia-night)
---
*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Music › Musicians and ensembles › Ensembles and groups › Rock, pop, and metal bands › Metal, hardcore, and punk bands › Pop punk and skate punk bands*
*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*
*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*
License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license