Albion was recorded with the six-piece band he's had on the road since 2012: Victoria Liedtke of his pop-rock duo Hey! Hello!, Dean 'Denzel' Pearson, Rich Jones, Chris Catalyst, Random Jon Poole and Bryan Scary.

The record was entitled Practical Musician for a time, but Ginger reported in October: "I got the mix for possible album opener Cambria, and one thought entered my buzzing head: 'Practical Musician' is way too light and jaunty an album title to house a track that sounds like My Bloody Valentine by way of Mutation, as played by the punk-hearted offspring of the E Street Band.