After a prolonged hiatus, Perry Keyes re-emerged in 2003, playing solo sets featuring songs that would make up the bulk of his debut double album 'Meter', released in 2005 by Laughing Outlaw Records. It was hailed by EMI Australia CEO John O'Donnell as one the best Australian debuts ever and by Whitlams main man Tim Freedman as the best Australaian album of the past five years.
Keyes' next album, 'The Last Ghost Train Home' was received with even greateer acclaim upon its' release in October 2007. It went on to be short listed for the Australian Music Prize and was named the ABC Radio National Album of the Year.
In March, 2010, Perry Keyes realeased his much anticipated third album, 'Johnny Ray's Downtown'. 16 tracks that speak of his local environment, rapidily decaying inner-city areas, growing up and getting past your adolescence.