Sydney singer songwriter Perry Keyes will release his 4th and 5th studio albums during 2015.
Keyes’ ‘Sunnyholt’ will be the first of the new Perry Keyes new music for 2015 with the second album ‘The Great Western Highway’ coming mid-year. The albums tell the story of Sydney’s Western Suburbs and “the personal tale of a family disintegrating under social and economic pressures”.
Keyes last album was the critically acclaimed ‘Johnny Ray’s Downtown’ in 2010. That album earned Perry Keyes an ARIA Award nomination for Best Adult Contemporary Album.
Perry Keyes grew up in Sydney’s inner suburb Redfern. He cites his musical influences as The Clash and Elvis Costello and lyrical influences as Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen.
Perry Keyes – Sunnyholt
1. The Soft Blue Sky
2. Sunnyholt
3. Home is where the heart disease is
4. Brylcreem, alcohol and pills
5. Catholic boys & Catholic girls
6. Mario Milano’s Monaro
7. Raymond John Denning
8. Petrol Money
9. Shitville
10.The Abattoir Sky
Perry Keyes will showcase ‘Sunnyholt’ with shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
Perry Keyes dates
January 18, Sydney, Aurora Village, Hyde Park (Sydney Festival)
February 7, Melbourne, The Flying Saucer Club