The album was produced, engineered and mixed by longtime bassist Jonathan Nuñez and is the first to feature Eric Hernandez on bass guitar after former guitarist Andrew Elstner's departure in November 2016.

After returning from a tour in November 2016 Andrew Elstner was asked to leave the band, possibly due to "differences of opinions" he noted in a May 2018 interview with Outlaws of the Sun's Steve Howe.

Given that this was almost new territory for the recently appointed guitarist, Nuñez had the following to say in an interview with Dan Almasy of Miami New Times "Switching to guitar was almost like starting over, and there’s a lot that went into getting a sound that I was happy with and finding instruments that I was comfortable on having played bass in the band for all but these last couple years.

[2] Giving the album a B rating in his review for Consequence of Sound, Langdon Hickman wrote in his final verdict "Admission has a handful of tracks that feel destined to stay deeply lodged in their setlist to come and, at its best, represent some of the brightest and most compelling songs the group has put to tape.

[10] In awarding the album a "superb" rating, SputnikMusic staff writer Simon noted "Admission sits comfortably at full throttle and rarely wastes a moment of your time.

Pop-metal, stoner rock, doom metal—whatever amalgam of buzzwords you favor, on Admission, Torche remain a reliable supplier of grizzled riffs to test the low end on your stereo.