An Orchard Away" was released on 4 September 2006. McCarthy's wife makes several appearances on the album. The band released the album on the label Gomma Records. In a review the music is described as "a collection of weird, whimsical and nostalgic songs - sometimes rough, sometimes punky." In May 2011, Box Codax released their second studio album called Hellabuster, which Nick McCarthy wrote and produced. The album is an eccentric take on the peculiar and young life of Hellabuster, with each song being accompanied by its own video. The music on Hellabuster moves between distorted disco, post-punk and glam-prog and includes contributions and appearances by Mike Fraser, Joseph Mount, Metronomy, Paul Thomson and many more. The videos for the songs, which were directed by British artists (including Turner Prize winner Martin Creed), contributed to the critical acclaim of the eccentric album. All video episodes of Hellabbuster are freely available. Collaborations For the opera "The Sandman" by Anna Calvi and Robert Wilson which is based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, McCarthy played Live-Music together with Philipp Plessmann, Theresa Stark and Lisa Wilhelm at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg in early 2023. McCarthy co-composed songs with Polina Lapkovskaya and Federico Sanchez for the play "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter", which premiered at the Residence Theatre in Munich in 2019. In 2018, McCarthy produced the album "WAX" by the Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. McCarthy co-wrote several songs on the album. He also appears as vocalist as well as musician on bass, keyboard and synthesizer. Together with Seb Kellig, Nick McCarthy composed the music for the police series "Heiter bis tödlich - München 7" for over 20 episodes, including the fifth season of the series, which was broadcast in 2014. Discography (selection) Albums 2001: Djaosch Macholi Orchester 2003: Kamerakino: Paradiso 2004: Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand 2005: Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better 2006: Box Codax: Only An Orchard Away 2009: Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 2011: Box Codax: Hellabuster 2011: Das Lunsentrio: Der Lunsen-Ring 2013: Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions 2015: FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks): FFS 2016: Embryo: It Do 2017: Das Lunsentrio: Aufstehn 2017: Manuela: Manuela 2020: The Nix: Sausage Studio Sessions 2021: Das Lunsentrio: 69 Arten, den Pubrock zu spielen Singles, productions and collaborations 2009: Single Inaugural Trams (on the album Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years) 2010: Killa Kela: Single Everyday (Nick