The Big Dream consists of eleven original "modern blues" songs and a Bob Dylan cover. In an interview with Billboard, Lynch discussed the songwriting process of The Big Dream, as well as the composition of the album. Describing the songwriting process, Lynch said that "sometimes the lyrics come first but mostly the music is talking to you about how it wants to be, and then the lyrics are born out of that." He added that most of the songs were "based on the blues and start with a jam" between himself and producer Dean Hurley. Lynch further explained that the Read more on Last.fm.
While NO ONE can give it points for being entirely listenable, the mere fact that it contains five introspective, oddly listenable tracks is enough to gain three stars.