Our exclusive Mus-o-meter registers Junk Science's "A Miraculous Kind Of Machine"

Junk Science began making music while Baje One and DJ Snafu were in high school in the mid-1990s, but the band didn’t release anything until 2005, with “Feeding Einstein,” introducing people to their clever, lo-fi hip hop. That was followed in 2007 with “Gran’Dad’s Nerve Tonic,” a conceptual album united by the theme of the tonic itself. The duo’s latest album, “A Miraculous Kind Of Machine,” out on Baje’s new label Modern Shark (with a release party this Friday at the Knitting Factory), finds the two maturing — both in sound and in subject matter. But to really get a sense of what it’s about, we leave that up to our exclusive Mus-o-meter.

Take the rhythms and voice of El-P from his 2002 album “Fantastic Damage.” Then add …

The quirkiness of De La Soul’s 1989 debut “3 Feet High and Rising.” Then add …

The lo-fi sensibilities of Beck’s 1996 album “Odelay.” The result?

Junk Science’s new album, “A Miraculous Kind Of Machine.”