Marissa Nadler - Sleep Walk (Official Music Video)

Video by Christen Dute and Tyler Derryberry

Having spent the better part of her adult life on a fairly continuous tour, American singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler found a small silver lining peeking through the darkness of this ongoing era. During this unexpected time she had the opportunity to record a collection of covers to serve as a salve of serenity and comfort.

The feelings of homesickness and loss, detachment and displacement, of loneliness and sorrow- they are omnipotent right now. These are the themes explored in this collection.

Townes Van Zandt’s My Proud Mountain, Simon and Garfunkel’s Old Friends / Bookends, as well Bob Dylan’s beautiful deep cut I Was Young When I Left Home speak of a desire to return to a place of comfort. America's Lonely People serves as a beautiful anthem to the lonely. The Santo and Johnny’s classic, Sleep Walk, has long been a favorite and so the vocal version, popularized by Betsy Brye in 1959, which is here reinvented with a evocatively modern twist. This sense of sleepwalking feels like a very current pervasive sentiment, a longing to drift away into a dream world, which is also prevalent in the King Crimson’s song Moonchild.

Instead of Dreaming has been recorded and produced by Marissa Nadler with an added touch of beautiful layering by multi-instrumentalist Milky Burgess.

[ingebarmusic]

Yes! Thank you for bringing us this new waking layer of Sleep Walk, Marissa Nadler!

[areyoutheregoditsmedave]

This is by far the best version of this song I’ve ever heard. Excellent work.

[monicahennecke]

Wow.. Ich liebe diesen Song.. Meine Mama.. Hat ihn sehr geliebt.. Original natürlich.. Oh man wie die Zeit vergeht.. Schlaf gut Mama.. Hab dich lieb 😘💌

[johnlynch]

I think it’s freaking awesome and deserves more recognition.

[TheTimeshadows]

How is it that I never knew this wonderful song needed Marissa Nadler's touch to make it even better? I wish my mom could have heard this one.

[Burdhtroth]

Sleepwalk
Instead of dreaming
I sleepwalk
'Cause I lost you
And now what am I to do?
Can't believe that we're through

Sleeptalk
'Cause I miss you
I sleeptalk
The memory of you lingers like a song
Darling, I was so wrong

The night fills my lonely place
I see your face, it's been through my brain
Know I want you so
I still love you
And it drives me insane

Sleepwalk
Every night I just sleepwalk
Please come back
And when you walk inside the door
I will sleepwalk no more

[PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Very beautiful this dreamy and melancholy version.

[e.d.]

Wunderschön, kann nicht aufhören es zu hören ❤♥️

[ascensionindustries]

Very nice. Can't wait to hear more.

[emandafoe]

Is there such a thing as love at first sound? 🤔