Free music download: Son Lux - We Are Rising

For his second album as Son Lux, New York’s Ryan Lott did a very un-Son Lux thing. He recorded "We Are Rising" in a month -- the shortest month of the year, actually -- while NPR tracked his every move.

This, as opposed to the making of his lauded 2008 debut, "At War With Walls And Mazes", which he slowly built in complete privacy over nearly three years.

Of course, he didn’t plan it this way. He simply awoke one late January morning to find a message from All Songs Considered titled, “You busy?” The annual RPM Challenge, an international open call to create an album in 28 days, had been issued and Lott had been tapped.

How could he say no?

Click here for a free download of 'We Are Rising'.

I like it quite a lot!