We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Figure Study

by Docents

supported by
Tim Tongue
Tim Tongue thumbnail
CRIV
CRIV thumbnail
BuzzTheEclair33
BuzzTheEclair33 thumbnail
pascalmino
pascalmino thumbnail
Mr B From Rennes
Mr B From Rennes thumbnail
big poo poo boy
big poo poo boy thumbnail
Martin FX
Martin FX thumbnail
celine_m
celine_m thumbnail
pef
pef thumbnail
David Catalano
David Catalano thumbnail
Cédric Seron
Cédric Seron thumbnail
midairhighfives
midairhighfives thumbnail
Frédéric Forte
Frédéric Forte thumbnail
swiftdanny
swiftdanny thumbnail
sibireco
sibireco thumbnail
Sean Porio
Sean Porio thumbnail
306Maxi
306Maxi thumbnail
dollartreevalid
dollartreevalid thumbnail
cowboyhatsandglowsticks
cowboyhatsandglowsticks thumbnail
ascott7749
ascott7749 thumbnail
philippe anthonioz
philippe anthonioz thumbnail
stevedana820
stevedana820 thumbnail
oliverackermann
oliverackermann thumbnail
flageul maxime
flageul maxime thumbnail
/

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Edition of 50 professionally dubbed normal bias translucent white cassettes. Printed, cut, numbered, stamped, and tenderly packed in NY, NY.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Figure Study via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 50 

      $10 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Edition of 25 hand-printed compact discs in clear slimline jewel cases. Labels printed, cut, numbered, stamped, and tenderly packed in NY, NY.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Figure Study via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 25 

      $7 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Drip 03:49
buy track
2.
Slide 01:52
buy track
3.
The Cold 03:32
buy track
4.
Bile 03:43
buy track
5.
To Know Him is to Love Him 02:46
buy track
6.
Averaged Interest 05:20
buy track
7.
Buried Alive 05:14
buy track
8.
The Time is Now 00:59
buy track
9.
Borrow from the Well 02:55
buy track
10.
Bits 05:12
buy track

about

Figure Study, the debut album by Brooklyn-based band, Docents (bassist Kabir Kumar-Hardy, drummer Matthew Heaton, and guitarists and vocalists Will Scott and Noah Sider) is an album of visceral pronouncements, of viscera in crisis. It is an album that is as much about the catharsis of caterwaul as it is about the cycles that lead us there.

Known for their high energy live sets and songs which metamorphose in the blink of an eye between punk, noise, rock, and post-hardcore, Figure Study is a document of the band’s foundations. It is a product of dedication to their craft just as much as it is about the freedom to wildly experiment within their milieu.

Album opener, “Drip,” approaches like an oncoming panic attack, decrying a “will so weak” in the face of critics and censors. The pace only accelerates on “Slide,” where jagged guitars stand in for power tools, building up and tearing down an already caustic lament before seeming to settle into the deceptive dynamic shifts of “The Cold.” One of three singles for the album, “Bile” is Docents at their most focused, a song about bodily and societal cycles and the woes of what we inherit. Many sonic twists and turns later there is “Borrow from the Well” a revelatory point in the album’s closing arc where triumphant, altered guitars are juxtaposed against the narrator’s admission that “all is all for not… give in to the rot, caustic kleptic thought.” Album closer “Bits,” an early staple of the Docents live set, dissolves and distorts as the record player needle crawls wearied towards its final groove.

In the end, as with so many other moments of crisis, Figure Study leaves us wanting with little in the way of an answer - the musical chaos Docents is able to produce so deftly is instead an answer in itself. Among that disorder, Docents begin to claim their footing in the burgeoning noise rock revival in New York City.

credits

released August 25, 2023

Docents is Kabir Kumar-Hardy, Matthew Heaton, Will Scott, & Noah Sider.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Sasha Stroud at Artifact Audio in Queens, New York.

Released by Ten Tremors.
tentremors.bandcamp.com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Docents image

Docents New York, New York

noise from nyc. contact:
docentsband@gmail.com

shows

contact / help

Contact Docents

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Docents recommends:

If you like Docents, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now