The Arms of Someone New - Susan Sleepwalking (Remastered) (1985/2025)

For Fans Of: The Cure, DIIV, Echo & the Bunnymen. Hometown (1985): Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. SUSAN SLEEPWALKING is a journey through dreamlike landscapes at dusk — a romance for insomniacs and night owls. The haunting debut by midwestern indie rock duo The Arms of Someone New sees a 40th anniversary re-release in a deluxe 3-part remastered edition. Originally available on vinyl in 1985 on the band’s Office Records label, SUSAN SLEEPWALKING established itself as a spellbinding moody masterpiece, blending alternative college-rock textures with ethereal post-punk and gloomy dream pop. The album includes a 24-track second disc of never-before-heard material including alternate versions and demos as well as bonus tracks from the group’s 1985 EP BURYING THE CARNIVAL and rare selections from the 1984 HOLY DANCE 7-inch. The third part is a new album, SUSAN DREAMING, a dramatic reprocessing of the album’s 10 tracks reimagined by band members Steve Jones and Mel Eberle as an atmospheric electronic experiment: a hazy, dreamy, sonic landscape.

The Arms of Someone New was formed in 1983 by college students Eberle and Jones in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Known for an introspective artistry, their music — marked by minimalist synthesizers, hypnotic vintage drum machines, and atmospheric guitars — evokes the romantic intensity of early Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen, yet bears a quietly seductive charm all its own. Songs such as “St. Catherine,” “The Fisherman,” and the instrumental “With Louise” envelop listeners in a tranquil, melancholic soundscape that gently haunts and soothes. The distant, psychedelic vocals of Jones and Eberle evoke secretive shared experiences that draw listeners in to their dreamworlds.

Jones, who remastered the album, said, “having new digital tools to reveal the nuances we heard when we first recorded is incredibly exciting. I’m looking forward to getting into remastering our two other albums and to making new music."

SUSAN SLEEPWALKING is a journey through dreamlike landscapes at dusk — a romance for insomniacs and night owls. Though never achieving mass-market fame, the album attracted a loyal following that still delights in its delicate melancholy and timeless beauty.
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released October 24, 2025

Includes 11-page digital booklet

Tracklist
1. Disc 1 • 2025 Remaster - 00:04
2. St Catherine (2025 Remaster) – 04:20
3. The Fisherman (2025 Remaster) – 04:17
4. Song For Krista (2025 Remaster) – 03:36
5. With Louise (2025 Remaster) – 04:16
6. The Turning (2025 Remaster) – 03:17
7. Seven Days From Now (2025 Remaster) – 04:32
8. Karen Said (2025 Remaster) – 01:52
9. Rainbows (2025 Remaster) – 03:08
10. Susan Slept Here (2025 Remaster) – 04:38
11. A Turner Sky (2025 Remaster) – 04:24

1. Disc 2 • Outtakes, Demos, Unreleased and Rare Recordings - 00:04
2. Transformation – 04:15
3. The Spiral of Silence – 04:30
4. Left to Right – 03:47
5. Every Seventh Wave – 03:14
6. Angel of the Odd – 03:09
7. My Friend – 06:23
8. The Holy Dance – 04:01
9. Whitefriars – 05:49
10. A Second At A Time – 02:30
11. 70 Years – 02:17
12. Balance – 03:28
13. Shadow – 04:50
14. Archangel #2 – 03:44
15. A Different Light – 02:39
16. Archangel #3 – 03:30
17. Among the Evergreens – 02:17
18. Despair – 04:34
19. Anything But You – 04:45
20. The Forest of Trees – 04:01
21. The Forest of Trees #3 – 04:02
22. Say Goodbye – 04:15
23. Broken Birds – 05:27
24. The Fisherman (demo) – 04:47
25. Angel or a Ghost #2 – 03:28

1. Disc 3 • Susan Dreaming – 00:04
2. St. Resonance – 04:44
3. Tranquility – 04:33
4. Crystalline – 03:44
5. Shimmer – 04:31
6. Heather Hickory Sumac Hazel – 05:53
7. Easy Tiger – 05:26
8. Clarified – 04:25
9. Vertigo Years – 05:08
10. Reliquary – 05:45
11. Rhapsody for Fools – 08:04