All songs written, composed and performed by The Menzingers
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Good Things"
2:23
2.
"Burn After Writing"
3:03
3.
"The Obituaries"
3:17
4.
"Gates"
4:04
5.
"Ava House"
3:41
6.
"Sun Hotel"
3:51
7.
"Sculptors and Vandals"
2:10
8.
"Mexican Guitars"
3:08
9.
"On the Impossible Past"
1:33
10.
"Nice Things"
3:28
11.
"Casey"
3:42
12.
"I Can't Seem to Tell"
3:05
13.
"Freedom Bridge"
4:12
Total length:
41:31
On The Possible Past
Pre-orders of the album included a cassette titled "On The Possible Past" which contains demos recorded during the winter and spring of 2011. The collection was released on a one time pressing of 1,000 on green vinyl by Epitaph Records.[2]
On The Impossible Past garnered critical acclaim upon its release.[1] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream music critics, the album received an average score of 93, based on nine reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[1]Allmusic writer Gregory Heaney awarded the album four stars out of five and praised its "wryly nostalgic performance, giving a nod to their punk roots as they embrace the rugged earnestness of the Rust Belt with songs about broken hearts, loneliness, and self-doubt."[3] Thomas Nassiff of AbsolutePunk called the album "sweeping, driven, masterful" as he scored it a near-perfect 9.5/10. He confessed that despite "review[ing] albums every week, I just can’t seem to fully explain my adoration" for it, before summarising On the Impossible Past "is an album that should have come out decades ago...this is something that has no expiration date."[4]