II

II is Moderat at their most handsome and least dangerous. 'Milk' runs ten minutes on a record where nothing else passes six, and it is the one place the machinery is allowed off the leash. Apparat's songs carry the emotional load, Modeselektor run the machinery sleek underneath them and almost everything lands exactly where expected. The problem is that 'tasteful' is a compliment nobody dreams of having tattooed on their arm.