Gingersol has been touring nonstop since February in a cramped van with a broken CD player. But at the moment, the band is relaxing by taking a trip to San Antonio’s historic Alamo, wearing T-shirts and shades — before making its way to Iowa’s ever-changing climate.

Gingersol will make a stop at the Cedar Falls club The Reverb March 21 with Brother Trucker and Shot to Hell. Although members of the Los Angeles-based band have never before visited Iowa, they have some interesting stories about Iowa natives.

“There’s this guy [from Iowa] who comes to a lot of our shows — I think he’s bipolar,” says keyboardist Seth Rothschild. “We’re kind of scared. We won’t say [what town] he’s from, though.”

Despite a few shady incidents with the mysterious Iowa fan, band members say they’re curious about the music scene the state has to offer.

“We’re looking forward to coming out there and seeing what’s going on,” Tagliere says.

The band’s latest album, “The Train Wreck is Behind You,” is a re-release of songs originally distributed on their Web site at www.gingersol.com. When the album was first released, the band produced, distributed and promoted the record on its own.

But this time, it’s being released by Rubric Records, home to subway singer Mary Lou Lord and Ames’ own Why Make Clocks.

The band is also working on a new album, tentatively titled “I’ll Let You Win.” Tagliere says all of the songs are written, but need to be recorded and mixed.

“I write every day,” Tagliere says. “It’s part of what I do. I’m probably obsessive-compulsive [over it].”

Tagliere says he wrote most of the lyrics for the new tracks, but also had a lot of help from Rothschild, who has been with the band for its latest album, as well as its previous work, “Nothing Stops Moving”

“Before we had [Rothschild], we were a pretty straight forward four-piece rock band, not a lot of sonic variations,” Tagliere says. “Our tastes are very similar — he really helped our music out.”

With a sound inspired by artists like Wilco, the Flaming Lips, the Replacements and Neil Young, Rothschild says the upcoming album will follow Rothschild’s self-described “happy-choly” sound of the band’s previous work.

“The album is continuing along the same path as previous albums,” Tagliere says. “The material is the same type of thing, [but] it’s some of the best stuff we’ve written.”

Tagliere says the pop-rock vibe of the band’s albums translates well to its live shows.

“We have really good energy,” Tagliere says. “We bring it down to almost nothing and then explode.”

It’s this explosive energy that has helped Gingersol become a successful and popular touring act. So far, the band has shared stages with the likes of Pete Yorn, Luna, Clem Snide, Alejandro Escovedo and Superdrag.

This spring, they will tour with labelmate Lord, and the Silos.

Rothschild says he loves playing live shows, but isn’t so happy about all the traveling involved.

“It’s weird — we’re in a van 10 hours a day to play one hour or so a night,” Rothschild says. “We spend the rest of the time dealing with bullshit or intestinal problems.”

Who: Gingersol, Brother Trucker, Shot to Hell

Where: The Reverb, 204 Main St., Cedar Falls

When: 8 p.m., March 21

Cost: $5