In Reverie is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Saves the Day. In Reverie was released in mid-September through DreamWorks. Shortly after its release, DreamWorks was absorbed by Interscope Records, resulting in the band being dropped from the label. Background and recording In July 2001, Saves the Day released Stay What You Are through independent label Vagrant Records. The album's first single, "At Your Funeral", became the band's breakthrough hit. The album would go on to sell over 120,000 copies by early 2002. Frontman Chris Conley was, according to Gigwise's David Renshaw, "hailed as a hero with his lyrics about broken hearts and relationships." Line-up changes soon occurred: drummer Bryan Newman and guitarist Ted Alexander left the group. Conley, who had previously written songs on guitar, began playing it in the group. Newman was replaced by Face to Face drummer Pete Parada.. In February 2002, the group were rumoured to have signed with major label Interscope Records. In January 2003, the group was doing pre-production in Los Angeles. They were reportedly working on 18 songs. Prior to recording, the group wished to "capture the songs" as best as they could, according to Conley. Recording took place at Larrabee Studios East and Cello Studios with producer Rob Schnapf and engineer Doug Boehm. The pair were assisted by engineer Jeff Moses at Larrabee Studios East and by engineer Steven Rhodes at Cello Studios. Richard Barron played organ on "Rise", "Monkey" and "Tomorrow Too Late". Schnapf played the tambourine on "Driving in the Dark". Rhodes performed various percussion instruments on the recordings. Reed Black contributed a number of instruments to different tracks: electric piano ("Anywhere with You", "Monkey", "In My Waking Life" and "She"), grand piano ("Rise"), mellotron ("She" and "Wednesday the Third") and synth ("In Reverie"). Schnapf and Boehm mixed the album at The Sound Factory with assistance from engineer Kevin Dean. Ted Jensen mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York City in May 2003. Conley later revealed that the group created "a record we're proud of". Two songs that did not make it on to the album, "Shattered" and "Delusional", were re-worked for the group's next album, Sound the Alarm (2006). Composition While working with Schnapf on Stay What You Are, Conley learned that he was writing songs out of his vocal range. He subsequently learned how to sing notes naturally as opposed to forcing them.