Lit "View From the Bottom"

        From the sound of it, the boys from Lit don’t mind The View From The Bottom; they may not be as well-known or celebrated as their contemporaries, but they prefer to embrace it. Whether you were a fan before this album or because of it there is a lot to like here. I do recommend listening to their earlier records if you enjoy this one. The first album in eight years, and their first album after the death of Allen Shellenberger does not see them missing a beat, except the one who kept it. They keep it positive; especially on the first song “C’mon” which focuses on living in the moment and how precious life is. “You Tonight” is that song about meeting that one special person at a party, and leaving it early to enjoy a different type of celebration.  The band may be more well known than you, but they also like to hang out with their friends, and are not exempt from the phenomenom known as “Same Sh*t, Different Drink.”                                                        
        The next track has everything going for it, soundwise, and decides to play a song about life being better without her presence in “Miss You Gone.” Remember how I said they embrace their point of view? They write the perfect anthem for “The Broken,” which is bombastic in its own right; it just plays on a smaller scale and different tone. “She Don’t Know” this song was written for her, in a more tenderhearted piano led song that hits the heart like 21 Guns. “Nothing’s Free,” except the positive vibes the rhythm, and what the hair-metal “heys” cook up; dare I mention the priceless lyrics and sentiments? I wonder if their “Partner in Crime” was Chris Daughtry, because this song has this hook that you cannot get outta your head.                      The duality of relationships is presented in the sequencing of the previous and string-laden acoustic ballad “Here’s To Us.” If you have ever been caught in the fray I am sure you won’t mind being stuck in “The Wall.” I would like to say this song could be something Bryan Adams or Richard Marx might write, but I’m not sure if I’m “Right this Time.” The best songs: C’mon, Miss You Gone, The Broken, Nothing’s Free, Partner in Crime, and The Wall.