Moore stated that he and Matheos had an idea of what style of music to write for "Free" as they "both have similar feelings about what worked on the first album". He considered the album as "more focused" than its predecessor. He noted that "Free" continued "the mood of some of the songs of the first album and the melodies and mixing up some of the heavy stuff with the programming. As opposed to the instrumental, straight ahead, progressive stuff we did". He attributed the band's sound to the "very different" ideas he and Matheos' had.