Kerry Leimer seems to be a relatively unknown ambient musician, which is a shame because his abstract style of music is engaging and should appeal to many ambient fans. Statistical Truth features his stylistic hallmarks of grey and sometimes stark tones applied in a minimal fashion, occasionally along with synthetic rhythms. In this sense it has similarities to his older work The Listening Room, though this new album is more austere. There are eleven tracks on the album, ranging between nearly four minutes to a little over eleven minutes. One track, "Four pages from an unfinished novel", was originally on the album Closed System Potentials and is revisited here. The opening piece "Dark form" is a good intro to what follows throughout much of the album. Harsh circling tones that slowly change hue and shape reverb while subtle electronic sighs briefly intrude now and again. Eventually the tones become greyer and lose much of their astringency, and things continue like this to the end slowly changing and with the addition of some melancholic refrains. The second track "Unusable spectrum" is where rhythms first make an appearance. Various reverbing tones and bassy sighs play out while initially sparse drums and what sounds like a bass or rhythm guitar create an air of expectancy. The rhythms go through brief periods of liveliness and towards the end are joined by a hi-hat percussion. In contrast, the track "Four pages from an unfinished novel" is notable for containing piano. Quickly repeating tones with a soft metallic edge lead into a simple contemplative piano melody that carries on nearly to the end, this is accompanied in places by a warm drone that moves from being unobtrusive to less shyly near the foreground. Most of the tracks are minimalist in style, typically with slowly morphing structures of rapidly circling tones that sound like sonic eddies. We're in the cold but precise world of statistics and mathematics where the beauty is felt in the mind rather than the heart, where detailed topography is cloaked by desolate vistas, and where wintry tones continue to haunt the soul even after listening. In my experience, some of Kerry's music can take a little getting used to; perseverance is rewarded though. The abstract tones and soundscapes of Statistical Truth can on first hearing be rather austere and melancholic, yet they're also satisfying, especially for those who enjoy music with plenty of nuances that require careful listening.