Shoplifting... was recorded at Jamm Studios, Brixton in the summer of 2011. The band embarked on a slightly different course while recording: the majority of the songs featured on the album have a more electronic sound, as well as more hip-hop and reggae influences. It is also the first album released by the band to not feature Harmonicist and Programmer Piers Marsh (The Mountain of Love). Marsh left the band in late 2010 for unknown reasons, although his departure is not definite as he still contributes to Alabama 3's Facebook page and is working on solo projects with L.B. Dope and Devlin Love, who herself is absent from this album. The lyrics of the album make reference to popular culture: Facebook.con tells of how the only "good" invention the upcoming generation has created is a chatroom. Recently, the band have embarked on a sell-out tour of the UK in promotion of the album with some of the featured guests.