Yell&Ice is the fourth release by the sextet Subtle on Lex Records

Lex Records

Lex Records is an independent record label founded by Tom Brown in 2001. The label was an imprint of Warp Records and run from their North London offices, until September 2005.Lex has a low volume of releases, rarely releasing more than three albums annually...

. As Wishingbone

Wishingbone

Wishingbone is the sister album to Subtles A New White, which contains remixes and new material with other artists, including Mike Patton, Beck, and Andrew Border. Included with Wishingbone is a DVD including the videos for "F.K.O.", "The Long Vein of the Law", and "Swanmeat". All the videos on the...

was to A New White

A New White

A New White is the debut album by Subtle.-Track listing:# "Song Meat"# "I ♥ L.A."# "The Long Vein of the Law"# "Red, White & Blonde"# "Silence..."# "The Hook"# "F.K.O."# "Eyewash"# "Hand – Replacement"# "She"# "Stiff Fruit"-Trivia:...

, Yell&Ice is a sibling-album to For Hero: For Fool

For Hero: For Fool

For Hero: For Fool is the second album from the sextet Subtle on Lex Records. With a definitive first album, and a successful remix album, Subtle has moved on and evolved into the band that created For Hero: For Fool...

, containing remixes and reworkings of tracks from that album, including new material. The album expands and continues the story of the character Hour Hero Yes. It features collaborations with members of several other indie bands such as TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....

, Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...

, Dosh

Dosh

Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh , known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an artist, Dosh is a percussionist uses various electronics, often with a Fender Rhodes...

, Fog

Fog (band)

Fog is a band fronted by Andrew Broder, which includes members Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a...

 as well as one with frequent Doseone

Doseone

Adam Drucker, better known as Doseone , is an American MC, artist, and poet from Idaho. Dose is known for his nasal, high pitched, fast polyrhythmic rapping style and abstract lyrics. He often simultaneously performs synth, sampler, or keyboard on stage. His words tend to express upon topics of...

 collaborator Yoni Wolf, also known as Why?. The artwork for the album is by SSSR, which also produced the artwork for Wishingbone

Wishingbone

Wishingbone is the sister album to Subtles A New White, which contains remixes and new material with other artists, including Mike Patton, Beck, and Andrew Border. Included with Wishingbone is a DVD including the videos for "F.K.O.", "The Long Vein of the Law", and "Swanmeat". All the videos on the...

and created all of Subtle's music videos.

An early press release from Lex Records described the album as including a "one-off cLOUDDEAD

CLOUDDEAD

Clouddead was a musical group consisting of the experimental hip hop musicians Doseone , Why? , and Odd Nosdam . Generally Drucker and Wolf provide the group's vocals while Madson produces the music...

 reunion" leading to some confusion among fans. Yoni Wolf but not Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam

Odd Nosdam is a musician, DJ, artist, and co-founder and ex-art director of record label/collective Anticon.Nosdam was first noticed for the drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD ; he has worked closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixed tracks by a variety of...

 from the cLOUDDEAD trio appears on the album.

Track listing

1. "Falling" (featuring Why? of cLOUDDEAD
   CLOUDDEAD
   Clouddead was a musical group consisting of the experimental hip hop musicians Doseone , Why? , and Odd Nosdam . Generally Drucker and Wolf provide the group's vocals while Madson produces the music...
   
   )
2. "Middleclass Haunt" (featuring Dan Boeckner
   Dan Boeckner
   Dan Boeckner is a Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He currently fronts the indie rock bands Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs and was previously a member of Atlas Strategic.-Overview:...
   
    of Wolf Parade
   Wolf Parade
   Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...
   
   )
3. "Deathful" (featuring Tunde Adebimpe
   Tunde Adebimpe
   Babatunde Omoroga "Tunde" Adebimpe is an American musician, actor, and director best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His vocal method often involves improvisation, the use of effects and repeating sampled loops....
   
    of TV on the Radio
   TV on the Radio
   TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....
   
   , Andrew Broder
   Fog (band)
   Fog is a band fronted by Andrew Broder, which includes members Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a...
   
    and Dosh
   Dosh
   Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh , known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an artist, Dosh is a percussionist uses various electronics, often with a Fender Rhodes...
   
   )
4. "Islandmind"
5. "The Pit Within Pits" (featuring Markus Acher of The Notwist
   The Notwist
   The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup...
   
   )
6. "Cut Yell"
7. "Not"
8. "Sinking Pinks" (featuring Chris Adams
   Hood (band)
   Hood is a UK-based band from Leeds, that formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends .- History :...
   
   )
9. "Requiem for a Dive"