The names of Malice and Mario Sweet might not be familiar, but

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The names of Malice and Mario Sweet might not be familiar, but if you know The Physics, you probably already know the husband-and-wife pair–both often grace the stage with the trio. Mario dropped the broad survey Seattle’s Best comp back in July; Malice is the voice of hooks like “Ready for We.”

Speed of Light,” the lead on the couple’s Happy Two Year EP due out later this month, is a captivating coupling of rhythm and melody–the double-timed handclaps and cymbal crashes make for a perfectly acceptable 20-second lead-in, and the precious vocal harmony essentially acts as the song’s strongest instrumentation.

In their words: “Get ready to take a private journey aboard a music-fueled spaceship to a place with no borders, rules, or sorrows. Malice and Mario Sweet have chartered a direct flight to a musical celebration reserved for the open-minded lover in all of us.”

Keep tabs on the project’s developments over at MarioSweet.com.