II (Moderat album)

II is the second studio album by electronic trio Moderat. It was released in August 2013 on Monkeytown Records.

II
Studio album by Moderat
Released	6 August 2013 (2013-08-06)
Genre	Electronic Minimal techno[1][2] Microhouse IDM
Length	53:21
Label	Monkeytown
Moderat chronology
Moderat (2009) II (2013) III (2016)
Singles from II
"Bad Kingdom" Released: 28 June 2013 "Gita" Released: 9 October 2013 "Last Time" Released: 17 January 2014

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.0/10[3]
Metacritic	74/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Clash	9/10[5]
Mixmag	4/5[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	7/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[9]
Q	[10]
Resident Advisor	4.5/5[2]
Spin	7/10[11]
XLR8R	8/10[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Mark (Interlude)"	1:36
2.	"Bad Kingdom"	4:22
3.	"Versions"	5:10
4.	"Let in the Light"	4:15
5.	"Milk"	10:04
6.	"Therapy"	5:45
7.	"Gita"	4:22
8.	"Clouded (Interlude)"	1:33
9.	"Ilona"	5:03
10.	"Damage Done"	5:26
11.	"This Time"	5:45
12.	"Last Time" (Deluxe edition bonus track[13])	5:15

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	73
Germany	10
Austria	23
Switzerland	11

Moderat's album "II", released by Berlin-based Monkeytown Records, sold more than 75,000 copies over Europe, and is distributed in North America by Mute Records.^[15]

A minute of "The Mark (Interlude)", the first track from the album, was used in the 2018 science fiction horror film Annihilation.^[16][17]