2.11.2010 | 2:00 pm

Video: Mavis – “Gangs of Rome” (ft. Kurt Wagner)

Kind of a lot going on in this one, but: yes, that’s Lambchop frontman/animal Kurt Wagner on the arresting vocals, sounding as at home amid the Mavis project’s post-Stereolab space-jazz as he does on his own well-worn recordings. Ed Harcourt, Candi Staton and a mess of other guest vocalists will join him on Mavis, a sort of homage to Mavis Staples produced by Ashley Beedle & Darren Morris and probably suffering from Wagner not singing on every damn song. It’s due March 2 on !K7.

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  • msorescu

    I like their video, I remember the first time I listened to Mavis I was a guest at one of the Rome Hotels and at first I didn't like it that much, but it grows on you. What I like about Kurt Wagner's vocals is that he always sounds relaxed and incisive at the same time.