Danny Case was chosen as the new lead singer while Mat Madiro, who temporarily played with the band during a 2016 tour, became their new drummer.

[4] In previous From Ashes to New works, keyboardist and rapper Matt Brandyberry primarily wrote the band's songs.

Case mentioned to MusicExistence that he believed that From Ashes to New had a quarter of the album done before he and Madiro joined the band as their new members.

[10] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic felt The Future was a mixture of the band's previous genres with addition of electronic music.

felt the mixture of genres sounded "more like the product of some considered planning meeting than textured, individual personalities" and gave the album three out of five.