Jeepers. The Regrettes. Are. Good. Better than good. First-rate. Choice. And super-fun. By the looks of the crowded Delmar Hall Saturday night, filled mostly with teen girls, they’re already clued in. It’s time for everyone else to catch up. Even with mainstream media (performing on Jimmy Kimmel, at Riot Fest in 2017, write-ups in the likes of Vogue, and more) most everyone else might be asking who is this female-fronted power-pop-punk band formed in 2015 in L.A.? What makes The Regrettes even more worthy of accolades is they formed when most of them were teenagers and they’re still going strong seven years later. Lead singer and songwriter Lydia Night, was just 15 and no stranger to the stage as she formed her first band at age 12 and had been performing for years before that. In 2013, she was the youngest performer at South By Southwest with her band Pretty Little Demons. What were you doing your freshman year of high school?
They were originally slated to play Delmar Hall late January but postponed their Get The F*ck Out Of LA tour by about a month due to COVID-19 concerns which made the February 26 stop in St. Louis their fifth concert on the new schedule. And they were estatic to be performing.
“We’ve never had more fun on a tour,” Knight gushed early on. “I wanna see you dance your booties off. I wanna see mosh pits, jumping, weaving … we’re doing for you, so do it for us.
Let’s make this the best show of the tour!”
Night smiled big and also said, “It’s so great to see your faces even though I can only see half of them.” Fans reciprocated with swells of jumping up and down, singing out lyrics loudly, and general looks of awe throughout the night.
Bathed in mostly soft hues of greens, reds, and blues, Night along with Genessa Gariano, guitarist, and Brooke Dickson, bassist, was set up right at the front of the stage. Night made good use of the entire stage and even popped into the photo pit to get closer to the rapt audience.
Their musical influences include musical influences including Bikini Kill, L7, 7 Year Bitch, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Ronettes, Hole,[The Crystals, Lesley Gore and Patsy Cline. Learn more about them in this recent Alt Press article.
Songs included “Come Through,” “Monday,” “I Love Us,” and “Juicebox Baby.”
See the entire setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-regrettes/2022/delmar-hall-st-louis-mo-138841e9.html
All photos: https://bit.ly/Regrettes22cz
Singer, songwriter Kississippi (Zoe Reynolds) opened the night, to much adoration from fans who knew her well, with a 30-minute set accompanied by guitarist, Joshua Hayes, and drummer, Karl. She’s touring to support her new album Mood Ring.
Pitchfork has this to say about Kississippi. She, “makes gleaming pop music that exudes a sense of triumph over heartbreak and playfulness over pain. The Philadelphia songwriter doesn’t cover up the hurt so much as dress it with glitter, making it easier to reflect on. She works primarily in the tradition of pop acts who find a way to dance among the emotional wreckage, using confessional lyrics to outline the carnage, twisting heartbreak into a hook.”
Kississippi returns to St. Louis at Off Broadway on May 17.
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