El Pony Pisador presents “Vatua l’Olla!”

El Pony Pisador presents “Vatua l’Olla!”, their new album within the project “El Pony Menut”, aimed at a family audience. This release expands El Pony Pisador’s creative universe with an entertainment proposal designed for children, while offering multiple layers of meaning so that adult audiences can also fully enjoy it.

The album is driven by the desire to create friendly, playful and accessible songs, while deliberately avoiding typical “children’s music” clichés. This has been achieved through a high level of artistic demand in the sound design, as well as the incorporation of humour, cultural references and subtle nods to the adult world, following a spirit similar to Astèrix and Obèlix, a long-standing reference for the band.

To shape the songs, El Pony Pisador has drawn from highly recognisable collective imaginaries: steam trains and their period stations, fairground organs and the world of the circus, the swing style often associated with cooking shows, pirates and sea shanties. These worlds intertwine with jokes and references to science and history, reinforced by sound resources that clearly evoke each setting.

Musically, the album delves into early 20th-century American aesthetics, with a strong presence of old time, bluegrass and swing, styles that are part of the band’s usual musical language. Narrative songwriting also plays an important role, as heard in tracks such as “Tonada Encantada”, conceived as a story told in verse.

The music videos, full of visual gags, humour and references to popular culture, have been directed by Adrià Gonzàlez Pintamones, a regular collaborator of the band on works such as La Noble Vila de Su, Tot és part de ser un pirata and La Confraria del Menhir. The album was mixed by Mario Patiño (L’Atlàntida Estudi), with mastering once again handled by Ferran Conangla.

As is also characteristic of the project, El Pony Pisador accompanies the release with educational videos on social media in which they explain the musical and harmonic ideas behind the songs, with the aim of bringing musical language closer to audiences of all ages. Following this pedagogical approach, the album will be accompanied by an activity workbook, similar to a summer workbook, designed to be used both in classrooms and at home with families.

Tracklist
“Un viatge en aquest tren” is a bluegrass song inspired by steam trains, offering a humorous take on a journey full of mishaps. “La paradeta dels núvols” recreates an early 20th-century fair where scientifically accurate cotton candy clouds are sold. “Tonada Encantada” is an old time-rooted story in verse about two siblings and a liberating melody. “El principi d’Arquímedes” turns a physics concept into a humorous pirate pump shanty. “Xup Xup” is a self-explanatory song shaped like a musical recipe with a swing feel. “Tres tardígrads” closes the album with a lullaby in the form of a bluegrass waltz dedicated to the resilient “water bears”.