Brandishing thick, viscous beats and scorched synths, That Was Then This Is Now manage to evade simple categorization quite easily. Bringing together fuzzed-out synth scientists Blvck Ceiling and vocal experimentalist Moon Mirror, That Was Then This Is Now’s collaborative self-titled record plays out like some dark wave synth implosion, all frayed edges and chest rattling beats. Â Released last month on I Had An Accident Records, these tapes quickly sold out, but you can stream the full album over at the label’s Bandcamp page. Â Listen to the distorted synth catharsis of “The Pledge (The Rescue)” below.
