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Recorded
  
2011

On the Impossible Past (2012)
  
Rented World (2014)

Release date
  
20 February 2012

Genre
  
Alternative/Indie

Length
  
41:31

Artist
  
The Menzingers

Producer
  
Matt Allison

Label
  
Epitaph Europe

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Released
  
February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)

Similar
  
The Menzingers albums, Other albums

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On the Impossible Past is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Menzingers. It was released through Epitaph Records on February 20, 2012. The album was met with widespread acclaim by music critics, with aggregating website Metacritic calculating an average score of 93 out of 100.

Contents

The menzingers good things


Track listing

All songs written, composed and performed by The Menzingers

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.

  1. "Good Things" 2:18
  2. "Burn" 2:15
  3. "Ava" 2:46
  4. "Sun Hotel" 3:51
  5. "Sculptors and Vandals" 2:22
  6. "Casey" 3:18
  7. "I Can't Seem to Tell" 2:33
  8. "Freedom Bridge" 2:38

Critical response

On The Impossible Past garnered critical acclaim upon its release. 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." 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." 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."

Personnel

The Menzingers
  • Tom May – Guitar, Vocals
  • Joe Godino – Drums
  • Greg Barnett – Guitar, Vocals
  • Eric Keen - Bass
  • Songs

    1Good Things2:23
    2Burn After Writing3:03
    3The Obituaries3:16

    References

    On the Impossible Past Wikipedia