Chester music duo Me and Deboe are celebrating one of their most successful years to date.

The past 12 months has seen them support the likes of Miles Kane, headline at NME favourite The Trades Club, and perform at UK festivals such as The Southbank Festival, Liverpool’s Threshold and Above the Beaten Track, The Acoustic Festival of Britain, as well as featuring at a music festival in Spain.

Their new EP, Here They Come, produced by Chester engineer Teige Maddrell, and mastered by Frank Arkwright - himself described as “England’s greatest mastering and remastering engineer for contemporary rock music” - at Abbey Road Studios, London, was released earlier this year ahead of the duo’s summer tour across Canada and America.

This included Montreal, New York (notably with a performance at The American Folk Art Museum), Nashville, Memphis, and New Orleans, where the artists were invited to take part in a live radio interview.

They have become a favourite of BBC 6’s Tom Robinson, who describes how “the duo’s driving riffs and sumptuous vocal harmonies effortlessly intertwine to devastating effect”.

A growing London following has formed and the duo perform regularly in Shoreditch, Soho, Camden, The Southbank, Earl Court’s The Troubadour, to name but a few.

A recent nomination for Musician of the Year in London only confirms that Me and Deboe are fast becoming established both nationally and internationally.

This month the duo have been endorsed by British Capo Company, G7th.

The band members, Mercy Elise and Sarah Deboe, both established solo performers in their own right, describe their music as “vibrant, raw, powerful, with a feminine twist”.

Sharply observed, frequently witty lyrics are their trademark, moving effortlessly between powerful chords and delicate, percussive riffs to bring a stripped back and distinctly original sound to both their own music and cover versions.

The two women have played a huge part in pushing live music in Chester and continue to perform at regular venues throughout the city; most recently appearing at Chester Pride.

Their new EP Here They Come is now available online.

For upcoming local events see www.meanddeboe.com