Check 'Em Out: Brazilian Girls

Henry Mancini in an S&M bar? The Girl From Ipanema brandishing a bullwhip? Nine Inch Nails in edible fundies?

On new album Talk to La Bomb, Brazilian Girls — three boys, one girl, no actual Brazilians anywhere to be found — are all about sexy sleight of hand, mixing bossa nova cool and industrial aggression, rock grandeur and electronic minimalism. Just when you’re grooving to one sound, they yank your naughty bits in a new direction.

If that sounds like a headache, it’s not. The New York quartet might be hard to categorize, but that doesn’t make them any less fun. Brazilian Girls are led by vocalist Sabina Sciubba, a breathy femme fatale born in Rome, raised in Brooklyn who successfully seduces in five different languages, often in the same song. (If you’re counting: German, French, Italian, Spanish and English.)

The musical landscapes are catchy, funky and highly danceable, especially Jique and All About Us. The band even indulges in some candied pop chops, inviting the Cars’ Ric Ocasek to produce the New Wave-y fun of Last Call.

Brazilian Girls’ live shows are notoriously randy affairs, with Sciubba famous for showing a whole lot of skin and inviting fans to come dirty dance onstage. If you're going to this Friday's show at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, bring protection.