where did the good times go?
where did the good times go? is the debut extended play by london-based indie rock band the kid and i
it was written by frontman jacob powell who founded the band as a solo act in 2020 before expanding it into a full band
following a run of standalone singles powell began assembling material that traced a more sustained arc: songs about self-accountability, drifting friendships, and the sense of a city changing faster than the people in it
the ep was recorded with the band's then-touring line-up, aiming for a polished, more studio-sounding production than their earlier singles
musically the ep draws on the band's stated influences: the melodic muscle of biffy clyro and foo fighters filtered through the confessional, hook-driven songwriting of sam fender and phoebe bridgers
lyrically it centers on the gap between who powell thought he'd become and who he actually was, with the title track functioning as its emotional hinge: a question aimed less at the world than at himself
where did the good times go? was released to a modest but attentive following built through the band's earlier singles, with uk blog and radio coverage noting the ep's shift towards a heavier, more confessional sound than the band's 2020–21 output
it was described by early listeners as a more cohesive statement of intent than the singles that preceded it, positioning the kid and i as a band worth watching within london's independent guitar-music scene