Hellabuster

Studio album by Box Codax

Released

10 May 2011

Genre

Electropop, indie pop, alternative, New Wave

Length

49:12

Label

Gomma Records

Producer

Nick McCarthy

Box Codax chronology

Only An Orchard Away
(2006)

Hellabuster
(2011)

Hellabuster is the second studio album by the band Box Codax, released in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2011. In the first full length release since their album Only An Orchard Away in 2006, Box Codax tell the peculiar and young life of Hellabuster in 13 episodes, with each song being accompanied by its own video.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
NME	(7/10)^[1]
Kemp's Record Reviews	(10/10)^[2]
The Daily Telegraph	^[3]
Subba Cultcha	(7/10)^[4]
The Independent	(favourable)^[5]
Incendiary Magazine	(favourable)^[6]

The NME awarded the album for its disco-prog eccentricity 7/10, with Emily Mackay of NME writing about the album: "the whole is an eccentric gem that pulls you back again and again."^[7] The songs, which move between skweded disco, post punk and glammier studio prog were accentuated by 13 videos, proving their artistic approach to music and the originality of the band. The video for the stripped-down acoustic song "Dawning", directed by Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed, received much critical acclaim.^[8]

Singles

"Hellabuster / Choco Pudding" was released as the lead single from the album in March 2011.
"Seven Silver Remixes" was released as the second single / EP in June 2011.
"Where You Go / Dawning" was released in October 2011 as a split-single together with artist Martin Creed. The limited vinyl single is featuring hand painted artwork by Martin Creed.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Nick McCarthy (music), Manuela Gernedel (lyrics) and Alexander Ragnew (lyrics).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hellabuster"	4:11
2.	"Seven Silvers"	4:44
3.	"Radical Plains"	3:10
4.	"Choco Pudding"	2:48
5.	"Pour Moi"	4:02
6.	"I Won't Come Back"	3:08
7.	"Charade"	3:12
8.	"Nothing More Than Anything"	4:32
9.	"Sandy Moffat"	3:05
10.	"Inanimate Inamorato"	4:12
11.	"My Room"	4:21
12.	"No Trains"	3:57
13.	"Dawning"	3:56

Personnel

Band

Manuela Gernedel
Alexander Ragnew
Nick McCarthy

References

↑ MacKay, Emily (11 May 2011). "Album Review: Box Codax – 'Hellabuster'". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ Kemp, Peter (12 August 2011). "Box Codax – Hellabuster". Peter Kemp the Gate. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
↑ Perry, Andrew (12 May 2011). "Box Codax: Hellabuster, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Hiorns, Benjamin (13 May 2011). "Box Codax – Hellabuster". Subba-Cultcha. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ Hall, John (13 May 2012). "The Barometer: ..., Box Codax (what's hot on your playlist)". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
↑ Foster, Richard (13 May 2011). "Box Codax – Hellabuster". Incendiary Magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ "Album Review: Box Codax – 'Hellabuster'". IPC Media. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
↑ "New Music: Box Codax – Dawning". guardian.co.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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