San-Antonio based rock band Ledaswan heads out on a West Coast tour beginning this July in support of the band's upcoming album due out the fall of 2009. Fans will be able to preview the new material from forthcoming album during the tour. Ledaswan produces and records their own music, which paid off with Verse of Truth, Trash and Beauty (Airport Goodbye Records, 2008). Verse of Truth, Trash and Beauty, the band's debut album won Best Album of 2007, as voted by readers of the San Antonio Current. From Verse of Truth, Trash and Beauty's first track "U vs The City," the music explodes as a pulsing, gritty intro to the record, creating the anthem: "Every day is not the same in the city." It is this spirit of struggle that carries through the whole record, both lyrically and musically, blending the ethereal vocals of lead-singer Erica Gutierrez with layers of guitar grunge and the thunderous Pixies-style drumming. Ledaswan came together over an urgent love for The Jesus and Mary Chain's echoed-stoned "Psychocandy," the fractured bass melodies of Joy Division's "Day of Lords," and the sinister charm of Mazzy Star's "Halah." The band is led by Erica Guitierrez, whose vocal range varies from ethereal to haunting, a talent which led to her winning the 2007 San Antonio Current Best Singer-Songwriter award. Ledaswan's deeply textured music is rounded out by brothers Jaime and David Monzon on guitar, Jackee Flores on bass/backup vocals and Delrick Colwell on drums. Performing their very first show when they were invited to play at Emo's in Austin, Texas, for Ladyfest 2004, they have since performed with the likes of Veruca Salt, the Umbrellas, Susan Gibson, Jim Ward, Jeremy Enigk, and indie rockers Lydia.