Carey Willetts (born January 1976 in

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

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band

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, with whom he has won an

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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 ''Vehicles & Animals'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Athlete. It was released on 7 April 2003 through Parlophone. After changing their music style from Britpop, Athlete released a self-titled extended play (EP) in early 2002; ...

'' 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

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; '' 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 is a British indie rock band from Nottingham, UK 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, Lilla Vargen,

Dermot Kennedy Dermot Joseph Kennedy (born 13 December 1991) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 2019 single " Outnumbered", his 2020 single "Giants" and his feature on the 2020 Meduza single "Paradise". He is signed to Interscope Records i ...

and

Freya Ridings Freya Ridings (born 19 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ridings rose to prominence in 2017 with her ballad, " Lost Without You", which became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. She followed this with ...

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

Boxes Blend whisky

In 2012 Carey in partnership with

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produced a

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

References

External links

Spotify Playlist

Discography - Jax Management
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