Carey Willetts

Carey Willetts
Born	Crewe, Cheshire, England
Genres	Indie
Instruments	Vocals, bass guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Fiction Records (UK) Parlophone (UK) Astralwerks (US) Bow Music
Associated acts	Athlete, Boxes

Carey Willetts (born January 1976 in Crewe, Cheshire) is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He has his own solo project, Boxes, as well as being the bassist in the English indie band Athlete with whom he has won an Ivor Novello Award for the track "Wires".

Carey Willetts and his band Athlete have to date released four studio albums. These are Vehicles and Animals in 2003, which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize award, Tourist in 2005, which reached number one in the UK Album Charts in its first week and included the band's highest charting song "Wires" at number four, Beyond the Neighbourhood in 2007 and Black Swan in 2009. In 2012 he released his first solo album 'Stickers'.

While Athlete and Boxes continue to play occasional dates and small festivals Carey has also been writing and producing artists including , Passport To Stockholm and Leo Stannard. Athlete have stated that at this moment they do not intend to create a new album but have not ruled it out in the future.

In 2012 Carey in partnership with Master of Malt produced a blended malt whisky called 'Boxes Blend' to celebrate the launch of his debut solo album 'Stickers'.

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