Keser – Audeamus

Audeamus is Keser's third album, and this time round they have produced the work themselves. The result is a slightly more stripped-back sound than on 2009's Robo Ghost, but the band's formula remains the same – linear, minimalistic post-rock guitars meet ambient washes of electronic sound and understated beats, building subtly-shaded sonic cathedrals around simple melodic progressions.

Moon House incorporates a heavier breakbeat and some interesting distortion effects, while Switch Into A Life has a bass-heavy, intricate broken beat at its core. The ambient wash of Safe Place For Ravers is pleasant, but unadventurous – and that's a good description of the album as a whole. Inoffensive, soothing, it fails to surprise but not to engage. These realms have been explored before, by Keser themselves and other electronic artists, but there is a somnolent comfort in their ambient meanderings that many will enjoy.