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. 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. Listen to the distorted synth catharsis of “The Pledge (The Rescue)” below.
