Hellabuster
{{Infobox album
| name = Hellabuster
| type = studio
| artist = Box Codax
| cover = Box_codax_album_cover_hellabuster_front.png
| border = yes
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| released = {{Start date|2011|5|10|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
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| genre = Electropop, indie pop, alternative, New Wave
| length = 49:12
| label = Gomma Records
| producer = Nick McCarthy
| prev_title = Only An Orchard Away
| prev_year = 2006
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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
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = NME
| rev1score = (7/10){{cite web |last=MacKay |first=Emily |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/box-codax/12045 |title=Album Review: Box Codax – 'Hellabuster' |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=11 May 2011 |accessdate=2 January 2012}}
| rev2 = Kemp's Record Reviews
| rev3 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Andrew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8510306/Box-Codax-Hellabuster-CD-review.html |title=Box Codax: Hellabuster, CD review |work=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date=12 May 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}
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| rev4 = Subba Cultcha
| rev5 = The Independent
| rev5score = (favourable){{cite web |last=Hall |first=John |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-barometer-beastie-boys-jamie-woon-sun-glitters-christian-aids-james-mathe-other-lives-my-panda-shall-fly-treetop-flyers-box-codax-2283001.html |title= The Barometer: ..., Box Codax (what's hot on your playlist) |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=13 May 2012 |accessdate=6 January 2012}}
| rev6 = Incendiary Magazine
| rev6score = (favourable){{cite web |last=Foster |first=Richard |url=http://www.incendiarymag.com/node/2331 |title=Box Codax – Hellabuster |publisher= Incendiary Magazine |date=13 May 2011 |accessdate=2 January 2012}}
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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."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/box-codax/12045 |title= Album Review: Box Codax – 'Hellabuster' |publisher=IPC Media |date=11 May 2011 |accessdate=29 December 2011}}
The songs, which move between skewed 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/13/box-codax-dawning |title= New Music: Box Codax – Dawning |publisher=guardian.co.uk |date=13 October 2011 |accessdate=6 January 2012}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Nick McCarthy (music), Manuela Gernedel (lyrics) and Alexander Ragnew (lyrics)
| title1 = Hellabuster
| length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Seven Silvers
| length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Radical Plains
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Choco Pudding
| length4 = 2:48
| title5 = Pour Moi
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = I Won't Come Back
| length6 = 3:08
| title7 = Charade
| length7 = 3:12
| title8 = Nothing More Than Anything
| length8 = 4:32
| title9 = Sandy Moffat
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = Inanimate Inamorato
| length10 = 4:12
| title11 = My Room
| length11 = 4:21
| title12 = No Trains
| length12 = 3:57
| title13 = Dawning
| length13 = 3:56
}}
Personnel
;Band
- Manuela Gernedel
- Alexander Ragnew
- Nick McCarthy
References
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External links
- [http://www.boxcodax.com Box Codax's official band website]
- [http://www.hellabuster.com Hellabuster's official video album website]
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