Ben Heyworth Releases Sleepwalker – Dreams Wired to Reality

A Journey Through Time, Trance, and Self-Discovery

I’ve always had this thing for songs that sleep too long – quiet files buried on a hard drive, waiting for the right season to breathe. You forget they exist, they collect dust somewhere inside you. Then one night – maybe 22:50 if you’re lucky – they wake up. Sleepwalker by Ben Heyworth feels like that kind of awakening. A piece that started breathing back in 2006 and finally stepped into the light in 2025.

Ben wrote and produced the track himself in Manchester, then handed it to Gary Hadfield at Blueprint Studios for that final professional polish. What came out is something wired, kind of restless and pulsing. I felt it straight through. I catch bits of Depeche Mode and Soft Cell in the corners, but the heartbeat I’m feeling here is Ben’s.

When I first heard it, I was meant to move on. But Sleepwalker had that pulse that makes you forget the list. Never imagined what someone can do at 05:22. That quiet edge between too tired to think and too awake to quit. You know what I’m saying.

From Acoustic Strings to Electric Nerves

Ben Heyworth once lived in the land of acoustic guitars. You know that safe space where coffee, wood, and nostalgia hang out together. Then something snapped. Sleepwalker started slow – guitars climbing stairs, synths smooth as butter, strings slicing through like a sharp morning. And no, I’m not hungry – just craving another bite of this song.Ben calls it “trance rock.” I hear the electronics, but the trance part feels more like a headspace than a genre, and I love that.

The song’s got that weird duality – half dreamer, half wanderer. Maybe that’s what he meant with that opening verse: This time I’m gonna lose myself / I’m gonna lose myself, I’ll take my time. It’s simple, direct, almost conversational – just how songs should be.

Let’s Get Lost Together

Ben once said, “Let’s get lost together.” I like that. Feels honest – like someone who’s been lost enough times to know it’s worth it. Yeah, I’m trying to make a connection in here: Ben Heyworth isn’t new to the game – far from it. Back in the 2010s, he released two albums under the name This Morning Call, orbiting that alt-pop and electronic dance space before life hit pause for a decade.

Now he’s back under his own name, older, sharper, and maybe just a shade less ginger, bringing a sound that folds the nostalgia of the 80s and 90s into something that still feels current.

Ben Heyworth – The Honest Way To Begin Again

I’ve always believed songs find their moment when the artist finally stops chasing perfection. Sleepwalker waited almost two decades for that moment, and it shows – it’s patiently weathered and alive.

Follow Ben Heyworth on Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music – and keep Sleepwalker spinning wherever you tune in. Because the Manchester’s quiet craftsman built a bridge between past and present here. And somewhere between 22:50 and 05:22, between hiding and being found, he managed to remind us that losing yourself can sometimes be the only honest way to begin again.

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