The View from the Bottom is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Lit, released on June 19, 2012 through Megaforce Records. It is the band's first new album in eight years, since the release of their self-titled album in 2004. It also marks the first album with Nathan Walker on drums, replacing the late Allen Shellenberger, who died from cancer in 2009, and second guitarist Ryan Gillmor, making it the first time the band has recorded as a five-piece.