{"id":16408,"date":"2025-10-03T05:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16408"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:44:43","slug":"the-arms-of-someone-new-susan-sleepwalking-2025-remaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16408","title":{"rendered":"The Arms of Someone New:\u00a0Susan Sleepwalking (2025 remaster)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Susan Sleepwalking<\/strong> is a journey through dreamlike landscapes at dusk \u2014 a romance for insomniacs and night owls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Sleepwalking<\/strong>, 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\u2019s Office Records label, Susan Sleepwalking<\/strong> 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\u2019s 1985 EP Burying the Carnival<\/strong> and rare selections from the 1984 Holy Dance<\/strong> 7-inch. The third part is a new album, Susan Dreaming<\/strong>, a dramatic reprocessing of the album\u2019s 10 tracks reimagined by band members Steve Jones and Mel Eberle as an atmospheric electronic experiment: a hazy, dreamy, sonic landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u2014 marked by minimalist synthesizers, hypnotic vintage drum machines, and atmospheric guitars \u2014 evokes the romantic intensity of early Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen, yet bears a quietly seductive charm all its own. Songs such as \u201cSt. Catherine,\u201d \u201cThe Fisherman,\u201d and the instrumental \u201cWith Louise\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones, who remastered the album, said, \u201chaving new digital tools to reveal the nuances we heard when we first recorded is incredibly exciting. I\u2019m looking forward to getting into remastering our two other albums and to making new music.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Sleepwalking<\/strong> is a journey through dreamlike landscapes at dusk \u2014 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susan Sleepwalking is a journey through dreamlike landscapes at dusk \u2014 a romance for insomniacs and night owls. Susan Sleepwalking, 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\u2019s Office Records label, Susan… Read More »The Arms of Someone New:\u00a0Susan Sleepwalking (2025 remaster)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16410,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16408\/revisions\/16410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}