But when it gives out, on Glacier, a tumultuous version of Queen of Denmark and GMF, the audience take up the slack, to hugely moving effect: you realise how much the lyrics of these songs – at turns coruscatingly bitchy and tender and warm – mean to people.
Whether detailing the agonising death throes of a relationship – or rather, his relationship – on You Don't Have To, or enumerating his multiple personal failings on GMF, his lyrics are frequently astonishing, filled with vivid metaphors and perfect comic timing.
GMF at 2BE Club in Mitte is the posh weekly party where you'll hear a mix of chart hits, EDM and house every Sunday night.
The inquest carries on with GMF and, in his powerful baritone, Grant intones, as if from the pulpit, "You think I hate myself, but it's you I hate".
GMF comes across as a tender ballad before the acronym in its title reveals its true meaning (Grant sings "greatest motherfucker" like he's crooning to a baby).
The undoubted highlight was GMF, and when the fire alarm began to bleat mid-song, Grant simply lifted his voice and encouraged us all to sing along.
The overall list provided a combination of highs and lows, J-Los and Joy Divisions, ranging from triumphant anthems (John Grant's GMF, AC/DC's Highway to Hell), classic party pleasers (Musical Youth's Pass the Dutchie), left-field party poopers (Reach for the Dead by Boards of Canada) and the most essential sound of all: the BBC Bongs, sadly not on Spotify, but forever in our hearts.
"In late June and early July 2012, federal authorities arrested 20 members of the Strip Boyz on charges of narcotics distribution and/or firearm offences… the arrests of the Strip Boyz left GMF [rival gang the Grimy Motherfuckers] dominant in the Schlobohm housing project".
"Indeed, we thought long and hard before allowing it to be published, and are only doing so because we believe that, as an early work, Captain in Calico is a delightful curiosity, one which we hope will provide fans of GMF with a fascinating insight into the inspirations and creative impulses that turned him into such a fine novelist".
Jan Techau, a senior fellow of the Europe Program at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), said that the appointment confirmed a wider trend.
The buyer, whose identity was shielded by the limited partnership GMF 157, is also the owner of a neighboring apartment in the same building that was bought for $24.84 million in late 2014, and presumably will be combined with the new unit.
