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Mount Vernon band The Mission Orange is on fire. Releasing its first full-length album Jan. 22 on Murder Mountain Records, the duo is playing a few shows in town and heading down the West Coast for a 16-day tour — and already they’re writing new songs.

The Mission Orange is singer/guitarist Marcus Nevitt, 17, and drummer Sam Hutchens, 18, two guys who went to grade school together and grew up in Mount Vernon. The pair bring an amazing energy to their edgy, yet versatile music that often transcends a single genre.

The band is happy with its new release, “Seasick,” after working since August on the album, writing all the songs themselves and engineering, mixing and mastering the album. In those six months, Nevitt and Hutchens worked to learn the skills they needed to do all the technical stuff with the album. And they succeeded. The full-length release follows the band’s EP, also on Murder Mountain, which was released in April. Nevitt said the band lately has been listening to Simon and Garfunkel, Queens of the Stone Age and Failure.

The Mission Orange is playing a handful of performances in the upcoming weeks. On Sunday, the band will play a free in-store performance at Everyday Music, 115 E. Magnolia St., around 6 p.m. Later on Sunday, the band will play live on Western’s radio station, KUGS-FM, on the local music show “Face the Music” at 8 p.m. Next week, The Mission Orange will kick off the tour at The Old Foundry, 100 Maple St., on Friday night. The show is $5, music starts at 8 p.m. and Karate Kitchen, The Lonely Forest and a Go Slowpoke solo performance will join the bill. On Saturday, The Mission Orange will play Common Ground Coffee House & Deli in Burlington, 351 Pease Road, with Oregon Donor and Megasapian. The show is $5 and music typically starts around 7 p.m. Keep an eye on these guys and go check them out before they head out of town.