Franz Ferdinand star Nick McCarthy has announced details of his second album with Box Codex.

The band, which also featured London-based artist Manuela Gernedel, German poet and Alex Ragnew, will released 'Hellabuster' on May 9.

The album has been produced by Joseph Mount of Metronomy fame and features thirteen songs based on the life of a boy named Hellabuster.

Box Codex have never played life before, but McCarthy said they may tour if they can "get a big band in".

The tracklisting for 'Hellabuster' is:

1. Hellabuster
2. Seven Silvers
3. Radical Plains
4. Choco Pudding
5. Pour Moi
6. I Won't Come Back
7. Charade
8. Nothing More Than Anything
9. Sandy Moffat
10. Inanimate Inamorato
11. My Room
12. No Trains
13. Dawning

(by Jason Gregory)