Carey Willetts (born January 1976 in

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...

, Cheshire, England) is an English musician, songwriter and producer. He has released work under the name "Boxes", and was the bassist in the English indie band

Athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

, with whom he has won an

Ivor Novello Award The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and Musical composition, composing. They have been presented annually in London by the The Ivors Academy, Ivors Academy, formerly called the Britis ...

for the track " Wires".NME
– Ivor Novello 2006 Winners, Nme.com

Biography

Carey Willetts and his former band Athlete released four studio albums. These are '' Vehicles and Animals'' in 2003, which was nominated for a

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award; ''

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'' in 2005, which reached number one in the

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in its first week and included the band's highest charting song " Wires" at number four in the UK Singles Chart; '' Beyond the Neighbourhood'' in 2007; and ''

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'' (2009). In 2012, he released his first solo album ''Stickers''. Athlete split in 2013, but no confirmation of this was made until 2015, when frontman Joel Pott cited that the band had “ended”. Willetts hinted in 2012 that the band were considering to split, when he noted that it was three years since they last released an album, as previously the band would release a new album every two years instead. Indeed, a year later the band released a singles compilation and then went on tour, before being dormant ever since.

Songwriting and producing

Whilst

and Boxes are both on permanent hiatus, Carey has been writing and producing artists including Ed Struijlaart,

Amber Run Amber Run are a British indie rock band from Nottingham, composed of Joshua "Joe" Keogh, Tom Sperring, and Henry Wyeth. The band have released three full-length albums, three mini-albums, and five EPs. Initially called Amber, they later changed ...

, Passport To Stockholm, Tom Speight,

RedFaces RedFaces were a British indie pop band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The band has three members: Harry Lyon, Isaac White and Charlie Yapp. The band signed to Sony Music UK's RCA Records in 2015. Biography RedFaces are a 3-piece indie rock ...

, Lilla Vargen, Kingfishr,

Dermot Kennedy Dermot Joseph Kennedy (born 13 December 1991) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is known for his 2019 singles " Outnumbered" and " Power Over Me", his 2020 single " Giants", and his feature on the 2020 Meduza single " Paradise". He is signed ...

and Freya Ridings. Carey was shortlisted as Breakthrough Producer Of The Year at the MPG 2020 Awards.

Boxes Blend whisky

In 2012 Carey in partnership with Master of Malt produced a

blended malt whisky A blended malt, formerly called a vatted malt, or pure malt, is a blend of different single malt whiskies from different distilleries. These terms are most commonly used in reference to Scotch whisky, or whisky in that style, such as Japan ...

called 'Boxes Blend' to celebrate the launch of his debut solo album ''Stickers''.

References

External links

Spotify Playlist
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