"Embarrassing Times" Out Now!

Our vinyl and digital reissue of Tony Molina's Embarrassing Times is officially out today! It's such an honor to get to reissue this longtime favorite of ours. Thanks to everybody who's ordered so far. 

If you want to buy a physical or digital copy directly from us you can do so at Bandcamp. The second pressing of the vinyl is available and shipping from us now! 

It’s also available from the following distros:

• Zum
• Midheaven Mailorder
• Tankcrimes

This record is being distributed by Revolver USA. Ask for it at your favorite record store! If you're a store or distro that wants to carry it, please contact Revolver and they'll sort you out. 

For digital-only listeners: the album is streamable and purchasable at the Bandcamp link above, and is also available in the iTunes Store. It can also be found on Spotify, Apple Music, and the other usual spots for that sort of thing.

Tony Molina - "Embarrassing Times" out 8/25/2023

Hello! It's been a while. We're excited to announce our first release in nine years: a 12-inch vinyl reissue of our old friend Tony Molina's Embarrassing Times. It's his first solo recording, originally released on cassette in 2009. To the left you'll see the new, updated artwork, featuring a photo of Beau by Sean Hewitt.

It's available to pre-order physically and digitally directly from us on Bandcamp as well as Midheaven Mailorder. Vinyl will also be available via Zum and physical record stores throughout the US. You'll also be able to purchase digital files through Midheaven and the iTunes Store, as well as stream via Apple Music and Spotify. (For wholesale, please contact Revolver USA.) You can also email me with any questions.

Embarrassing Times has long been a favorite at Catholic Guilt HQ. The original cassette was self-released on Tony's own label, 650 Tapes. It was hand-dubbed on his home stereo in Daly City and included with the first 50 copies of the Ovens triple-album CD on tUMULt. This is the first time Embarrassing Times has received proper mastering and we think you'll love how it looks and sounds.

For even more new wax from Tony we strongly recommend picking up Tankcrimes' beautiful new 2LP reissue of the Ovens triple album as well as the Lost Days album released by Speakeasy Studios SF earlier this year. And if you somehow haven't had a chance to enjoy the other great records Tony's released, start catching up here.

another new 7" from OVENS now available!

Hey everyone! We're delighted to announce the release of another self-titled vinyl EP from OVENS. It's an 8-song 7" recorded back in 2008, and serves as a companion piece to the other OVENS 7" that we released in 2011.

CLICK HERE TO BUY IT!

We love this record and are sure you will feel the same way. Obviously it is an essential purchase for any/all OVENS and TONY MOLINA fans.

You can listen below (or on our Soundcloud page).



The record is available via mailorder from:

• Catholic Guilt
• Warthog Speak
• Aquarius Records
• Midheaven

If you're in the SF Bay Area, you can pick it up at the following stores:

• Aquarius Records
• Amoeba Music (SF & Berkeley locations)
• Thrillhouse Records

It's soon to be restocked at these East Bay shops:

• 1-2-3-4 Go! Records
• Econo Jam Records

If you want to carry this record in your distro or record store, please email us or contact Revolver USA.

OVENS REPRESS (SOLD OUT)

The 150-unit repress of the OVENS 7" from 2011 is now sold out from me. I might be able to get a handful more pressed up, will post here if it happens.

As of 12/24/2013, you can still get it from from the following places:

• Midheaven Mailorder
• Warthog Speak
• Aquarius Records

ETA for new OVENS 7" is February/March 2014, stay tuned...

Autumn 2013 update

Hey everyone, got a couple of updates:

A new, eight-song 7-inch of OVENS is coming very soon through Catholic Guilt. It's a companion piece to the 7" that came out back in 2011. Stay tuned.

Speaking of that OVENS 7-inch from 2011: it's being repressed now. There will be 150 additional copies available for anybody who missed it the first time.

There are only 10 copies of the VIOLENT CHANGE LP left in stock. Hit up the webstore if you want one!

As you likely know by now, earlier this year Tony Molina of OVENS released his critically acclaimed solo LP, Dissed and Dismissed, and has been out playing shows too. You should definitely buy the record and see his band if you get the opportunity!

If you're in San Francisco, go visit Kayo Books—they don't have records, but they do have lots of great mystery and sci-fi books, and even have a "Catholic Guilt" section (pictured above).

Thanks for reading! Be in touch again soon. 

VIOLENT CHANGE LP - Available NOW!

Hey everyone, long time no see! Hope everything's cool on your end.

We're very excited and honored to announce Catholic Guilt's second release (and first full-length): the appallingly brilliant debut LP from VIOLENT CHANGE, which you can BUY NOW FROM OUR WEBSTORE!

From out of San Francisco comes a record both surprising and stunning, strangely out of time yet more raw, real, and now than anything else we've heard lately. Violent Change is a melodic, art-damaged, deeply affecting, thoroughly great album from a band as influenced by UK '77 punk and Killed By Death comps as it is by GUIDED BY VOICES and early BEE GEES. You can stream the whole album below via Soundcloud:

The band, led by songwriter Matt Bleyle (formerly of SOPORS), assembled this 16-song LP from cassette recordings made at home between fall of 2011 and summer of 2012. Bleyle recorded most of the songs entirely by himself, but the record also features a few full-band recordings, including two songs written and sung by bandmate Tony Molina (OVENS). The LP follows on the tails of the band's first release, a terrific four-song 7-inch released late last year through Melters.

Ranging from agitated punk and noisy sound collages to cryptic ballads and pure pop, VIOLENT CHANGE has a peculiar, magnetic internal logic that becomes alternately more apparent and more mysterious with each listen. It's seriously one of the best records we've ever heard—a future classic of the pop underground. Easily our favorite San Francisco album since the HOSPITALS' Hairdryer Peace. We know you'll love it (and play it over and over, like we have) if you give it a chance.

If you enjoyed our now sold-out first release, the OVENS 7-inch, you definitely won't want to miss out on this one. It's limited to 330 copies on black vinyl, and every purchase comes with a free digital download of the album. 

Dig the stream? YOU CAN BUY A COPY RIGHT NOW! For SF Bay Area residents, the LP is available locally in San Francisco through Aquarius, Amoeba, and Thrillhouse Records. For wholesale inquiries, please EMAIL US. Thank you for your interest and support!

OVENS 7" update

The OVENS 7" has received excellent reviews from some great online publications, including Still Single and Yellow Green Red. It's also been getting radio play over at WFMU and KDVS!

If you want a copy of the 7", you should act fast, as we're running very low. Order it now from our webstore if you want it! Alternatively, you can mailorder it from our friends at Zum or Aquarius.

It's also available to buy at a few different stores in the SF Bay Area, including Amoeba, Aquarius, Thrillhouse, 1-2-3-4 Go!, and, last but not least, Vinyl Solution in San Mateo! OVENS fans in Japan can pick it up in person (as well as buy it via mailorder, I think) from Hyper Enough.