Sister Crayon is releasing its second album, Devoted, today and the songs come from a tough place for lead singer and lyricist Terra Lopez.

"I don't write songs when I'm happy; I've never been able to do that, so I think all of these songs come from a kind of exhausted, desperate place."

That idea comes forward in a big way during Devoted's dark and  breathy lead track, "Armor." Lopez explains how a song written while she was on her back and crying became something that empowers her.

Listen to the conversation in the audio at the top of the page and stream Devoted in it's entirety from Rodriguez-Lopez Productions below.