"The essential elements of Matt Dorrien's rollicking, Tin Pan Alley-inspired new record are as follows: piano, Harry Nilsson, whiskey, heartbreak, a little more whiskey, Randy Newman, old photographs, and New Orleans brass bands. A big, swinging pean to loneliness and the golden age of pop songwriting, 'In the Key of Grey' is the sound of East Village piano bars long past closing, when the house musician has had a few too many, and the regulars are gathering 'round to drown out their sorrows in song." - J. Edward Keyes