Unimagined Bridges is the fourth studio album by rock band Driver Friendly, released by Hopeless on July 15, 2014.
To support the album, the band toured with Quiet Company, Stickup Kid, Transit, Motion City Soundtrack and Cartel, among others.
After releasing Chase the White Whale in 2008, Driver Friendly stopped making music; vocalist/keyboardist Tyler Welsh stated "it wasn't official, but we were essentially not a band".
[7] The band released the EP, Peaks + Valleys in June 2013[6] and went on the 2013 edition of Warped Tour in July.
[11] Unimagined Bridges was recorded at Marigolds + Monsters Studio, in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Matt Malpass.
[12] Additional recording was done by trumpet player Juan Lopez at Rattle Rock Studios, located in Canyon Lake, Texas.
[12] The concept of the album is the idea of finishing an imaginary bridge, which comes from a poem by poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
[7][nb 3] The band was a support act on Stickup Kid and Seaway's Summer 2014 tour from early July to late August.
[5] Monger noted that the use of horns were "a nice touch" and added to the atmosphere of "The Game (This Won't Hurt)" and "The Conversation".
[5] Writing for Alternative Press, Greg Pratt called the album a "totally odd combination" of indie rock and horns.
[1] Pratt named "Deconstruct You" and "Undone" as good examples of the band's songwriting and ability to use the horns "in a way that is totally unexpected yet works so well".
[1] Jessica Bridgeman, reviewing for Kerrang!, called the album "so effortlessly sweet that is stimulates all the same senses as their Hopeless Records labelmates.