Daybreak is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Saves the Day.

When pre-orders were posted for Under the Boards in 2007, listings mentioned that Saves the Day would be releasing an album in 2008 dubbed Daybreak.

[4] In late 2007, vocalist/guitarist Chris Conley and guitarist David Soloway worked with Say Anything vocalist Max Bemis and drummer Coby Linder for the side project Two Tongues.

[8] In November, alongside the announcement of Two Tongues' debut album, it was revealed that Daybreak would be released at some point in 2009 through independent label Vagrant Records.

[5] In February and March 2009, the band toured Australia as part of the Soundwave festival[9] with guitarist Thomas Hunter of Forgive Durden.

[12] Bali was asked by long-time friend drummer Durijah Lang if he would play with the band for their upcoming tour.

After bonding with Conley over their mutual interest in the Beatles and Big Star, Bali was invited to join the band full-time.

[16] On December 20, it was announced that bassist Manuel Carrero and Lang had left the band to join Glassjaw.

I felt like all twisted up and broken inside and just angry and confused and depressed and sad and I couldn’t really deal with the world or myself.

So I dove into the depths of my mind and brought out what I was finding ... Daybreak is coming to terms with everything and trying to understand why I actually got that way and learning to accept it by exploring what it is and why it was there and simultaneously trying to grow through it and be a better person, not purely full of anger".

[33] On November 23, the group posted an acoustic version of "Let It All Go" as a free download through their Facebook profile.