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
Preorders of the album came with a cassette titled "On The Possible Past" which featured demos recorded during the winter/spring of 2011. The collection was then released on a one time pressing of 1000 on green vinyl on 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", before summarising "is an album that should have come out decades ago...this is something that has no expiration date."[4]