Balancing The Coin with Talking with Hands

Whenever YK Records puts out a new release, we write up a little bio about the artist and the release. This process is talking about in more detail on The Guide to Releasing Records but, in short, it’s a handful of questions that are written up asynchronously. I pose some questions, the artist supplies some answers. It’s not a proper conversation but it is a conduit to understanding the inspirations and processes for any given release.

On Friday, July 18th, YK released a new EP entitled The Coin from Talking with Hands. These four songs are politically inspired and the most urgent and charged tracks to date. Matthew Smith, aka Talking with Hands himself, answered many questions about the release in our pre-release interview – all incredibly insightful to the release. Many of the quotes made it into the bio but not all. That’s a shame.

So, this episode we recreate that interview – asynchronously. It’s an experiment and I think it works pretty well.

You’ll benefit from hearing the EP ahead of time but you’ll also be inspired to hear it afterwards. So, no wrong choices. Enjoy!

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Talking with Hands – The Coin
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-coin

Talking with Hands on Instagram
https://instagram.com/talking_with_hands

Matt & The Watt Gives – Til You video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnz5-NdZsNY

Matt & The Watt Gives – New Revolutions interview
https://news.ykrecords.com/2025/07/matt-the-watt-gives-on-new-revolutions/

Chris Crofton – “Side Effects” video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5F0I8d2OOU

Chris Crofton – I’m Your Man
https://ykrecords.com/releases/im-your-man

Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio vinyl
https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/dave-paulson-sandusky-ohio-12-vinyl

Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio album
https://ykrecords.com/releases/sandusky-ohio

Tommy Boy Fest
https://www.tommyboyfest.com/

The Prudish Few – The Eagle Has Left the Building LP
https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/the-prudish-few-the-eagle-has-left-the-building

ElasticStage Vinyl Pressing On Demand
https://elasticstage.com/

Cody Uhler – Gluggle Jug
https://ykrecords.com/releases/gluggle-jug

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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