Draft:Potencial (EP)

Potencial is the second EP by the Puerto Rican progressive metal band Puya, released in 2024. Although the EP lists 8 tracks, only 6 of them are regular songs while the first and last track are an intro (1:07) and an outro (1:08). It has a length of 27 minutes (4:31 more than their previous EP Areyto).

All songs were written and arranged by Ramon Ortiz and Harold Hopkins Miranda.

Before it was released, three of the tracks were released as singles: "Potencial" (April 8, 2021), "Machete y Garabato" (April 12, 2022) and "Falling Illusions" (February 29, 2024).

Track listing

 * 1) "Puya Tuya" (intro) 1:07
 * 2) "Falling Illusions" 3:22
 * 3) "Cultura" 4:17
 * 4) "Machete y Garabato" 3:05
 * 5) "No Pertenezco" 7:32
 * 6) "Potencial" 2:57
 * 7) "No Me Quiero Ir" 3:26
 * 8) "Yayoya" (outro) 1:08

Personnel

 * Puya:
 * Ramon Ortiz – guitars, cuatro
 * Harold Hopkins Miranda – bass guitar, vocals
 * Eduardo Paniagua – drums
 * Sergio Curbelo - lead vocals


 * Aditional musician:
 * Oscar Santiago - percussion


 * Production
 * Miguel Blasini and Puya – producer
 * Jarrett Pritchard – recording engineer
 * Jeremy Miller, Francisco "Paco" Barreras, Ron Reck, Josh D' Ace - recording and editing assistants
 * Zeuss - mixing and mastering
 * Antonio Caraballo – assistant engineer
 * Ángel Resto – cover design


 * Guest musicians: Paoli Mejías, María Isa Pérez, Luis "Lagarto" Figueroa, Marcos "Tortolo" Peñalosa