In Reverie is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Saves the Day.

Shortly after its release, DreamWorks was absorbed by Interscope Records, resulting in the band being dropped from the label.

In July 2001, Saves the Day released Stay What You Are through independent label Vagrant Records.

[2] Frontman Chris Conley was, according to Gigwise's David Renshaw, "hailed as a hero with his lyrics about broken hearts and relationships.

"[1] Line-up changes soon occurred: drummer Bryan Newman and guitarist Ted Alexander left the group.

Schnapf and Boehm mixed the album at The Sound Factory with assistance from engineer Kevin Dean.

[9] While working with Schnapf on Stay What You Are, Conley learned that he was writing songs out of his vocal range.

"[20] Conley mentioned that reverie refers to being in a dreamlike state, and the title-track is about that: "...floating through life and trying to figure it all out ... transcending the things you get really pissed off about".

Around the time the band toured with Weezer, Conley was suffering from Crohn's disease, which inspired "Where Are You?".

[20] Conley explained he's "drawing a line in the sand and crossing over to the other side, which means I'm done with the past – onward and inward.

[8] The album was planned to be Saves the Day's final one for Vagrant; they brought in some staff members from major label DreamWorks Records to hear the new songs.

[22] Conley reasoned they were under the impression that as the label had no shareholders that interfered in business choices, they were driven by artistic decisions.

[19] On August 16, the group released an e-card, which included four new songs: "Anywhere with You", "Driving in the Dark", "What Went Wrong" and "Where Are You?".

[28] The album's artwork was done by Brazilian artist Stephan Doitschinoff, who the group met while in the UK in 2002.

[9] A few days later, In Honor: A Compilation to Beat Cancer, a tribute to the band's former bassist Sean McGrath, was released featuring an In Reverie outtake "Don't Go Outside".

[31] Following the band's biggest headlining show in Asbury Park, NJ to 4,000 people, Conley received a call from the band's A&R person at DreamWorks: "[H]e said, 'None of the programmers at radio are biting at the single, and MTV doesn't want to play the video, so we're going have to start thinking about the next record.'

[32] The staff at Interscope didn't care for the album, refusing to take the group's calls.

[23] In March and April 2004, the band went on a co-headlining US tour with Grandaddy, with support from the Fire Theft.