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Long Is The Tunnel

by Daneshevskaya

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There’s a foxhole prayer I say A mistake I like to make Saving you for the end It’s all pinks and reds There’s a dog chasing the fence And now I’ll never see you again Will you wait for me Where there is no later on Will you wait for me at the end, the end There’s a place where oceans meet And a darkness underneath Things I’m not meant to see And I’ll always let my fear Say the things I need to hear At least now I’m allowed to change my mind Will you wait for me Where there is no later on Will you wait for me at the end, the end Show me how you did those beating wings I don’t want to hear anything You had to drain the lake You had to drain the lake I’ll take what I can get The ending of a thread I’m holding the swan by its neck Like dew from morning grass Show me what you have We are that which rises back Will you wait for me Where there is no later on Will you wait for me at the end, the end
2.
Yelled so loud you woke me from a dead sleep Light as a feather, stiff as a board Never thought it’d happen to a person like you Now you’re on the phone with your mom She says that it won’t be long With you or without you For you or for no one Eyes sleeping like a fish Beauty, brains and charm but I wish It was somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Having a good time isn’t everything I’m lying on the ground And the ground’s lying back onto me I think it was about how you were drinking again I wasn’t afraid at all Just wanted to laugh like we did then With you or without you For you or for no one Eyes sleeping like a fish Beauty, brains and charm but I wish It was somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Eyes sleeping like a fish Beauty, brains and charm but I wish It was somewhere in the Somewhere in the Somewhere in the middle With me or without me For me or for no one With you or without you For you or for no one Eyes sleeping like a fish Beauty, brains and charm but I wish It was somewhere in the Somewhere in the Somewhere in the Somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle Somewhere in the middle
3.
I never wanted to tell you that this was goodbye Tell me one thing that you said to me that wasn’t a fucking lie Ahhh Ahhh I never wanted to talk to you why won’t you talk to me I’m looking at bougainvilleas, palm trees and palm trees and palm trees and sister Ahhh Ahhh I can make a promise but can’t tell you I’ll keep it through the night First you find the corners then there’s no need left for us to have a fight I do not want to keep you alive but I do not want you to die Why are you mad at me when I didn’t try to help you out at all I never wanted to talk to you I’m looking at palm trees And sister Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhhhh Ahhh ahhhh Ahhh ahhhh Ahhh ahhhh Ahhh ahhhh Ahhh ahhhh
4.
Big Bird 02:27
The biggest bird I’ve ever seen Landed right in front of me I don’t know what the reason was I can’t tell a dove from a For the last time I am whole A rain cloud without a The biggest bird I’ve ever seen Landed right in front of me I don’t know what the reason was I can’t tell a dove from The biggest bird I’ve ever seen Landed right in front of me I don’t know what the reason was I can’t tell a dove from a For the last time I am whole A rain cloud without a goal For the last time I am whole A rain cloud without a I get what I wish like a scratch get’s her itch And all I was able All I was able To say was what I wanted All I ever wanted All I ever wanted All I ever wanted Was for the last time to be whole A rain cloud without a The biggest bird I’ve ever seen Landed right in front of me I don’t know what the reason was I can’t tell a dove from The biggest bird I’ve ever seen
5.
Pink Mold 03:09
I thought I’d go where I’m needed Then then The room filled with flies The love in your eyes You upset the still of the lake Big mistake Thought you were clearing the muck But you messed everything up The silence you needed to dream Never seems to be silent enough To hold your head up I can give you time But I cannot be yours And you cannot be mine Love’s an endless green But I will not have you And you will not have me I need the stillness to grow It’s all I know Forgive me just one long look into the sun A shine blows over your face in this place Where you’re getting out and you’re circling around The fog illuminates another shape that we both recognize The love in your eyes I can give you time But I cannot be yours You cannot be mine Love’s an endless green But I will not have you And you will not have me
6.
ROY G BIV 02:08
It’s all in rainbow order It’s all in rainbow order on the way down Pig and sheep, horse and cow As long as you are still around Starts and ends inside the ground As long as you can still be found We’re all in rainbow order We’re all in rainbow order on the way down Letting the boys out Letting the boys out Letting the boys out Letting the boys out Horse and cow, pig and sheep As long as I still get to sleep Folding chairs start to sink As long as I can wet my beak It’s all in rainbow order It’s all in rainbow order on the way down It’s all in perfect order It’s all in perfect order on the way down
7.
Ice Pigeon 03:19
Everything that comes out of your mouth is gold And I’ve said it once Now I’ll say it again I know that you’re better than me But can we still go for that walk? You can tell me then About the green leaves as long as your arms And the sky that’s making you mad again But what’s the harm? I am not the one I am not the one Who believes Who believes Everything that comes out of your mouth is a lie That I want to believe Cell tower disguised as a tree Hot grass that changes the time Have you met another kind? Jerry has made up his mind He’s looking right beyond your eyes again Like he’s seeing a friend I am not the one I am not the one Who believes Who believes Everything that comes of your mouth is a secret that you’re keeping for me And I’ve eaten the key Holding up your hands to block the light You only like me when I’m terrified Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out and Everything that comes out of your mouth is gold But it’s useless to me Cause I know what it needs

about

Daneshevskaya (Dawn-eh-shev-sky-uh), the project of New York’s Anna Beckerman, writes songs steeped in the folklore of her own personal history. Her artist (and real middle) name comes from her Russian-Jewish great-grandmother, a person whose presence she has always felt although their paths never crossed in real life. Beckerman grew up in a musical family; her father is a music professor, her mother studied opera and her own songs often feel spiritual, less so by any religious connotation and more as a hymn-like, archival record of Beckerman’s own past, present, and future.

Her first release on Winspear, Long is the Tunnel, contemplates how the people you meet impact the pathway you travel. Through songs like the poignant “Somewhere in the Middle,” the lilting “Challenger Deep” and the surreal “Big Bird,” the EP paints a distinctive collage between traditional songwriting and modern turns of phrase that remain spellbound in the unadulterated luster of self-discovery. The seven songs read as both patchwork memories/diary entries and elegies to those in her life. Co-produced by Ruben Radlauer of Model/Actriz, Hayden Ticehurst and Artur Szerejko, the final versions of these initial demos also saw contributions from Lewis Evans of Black Country, New Road (saxophone), Maddy Leshner (keys) and Finnegan Shanahan (violin), adding to the gleaming instrumentation that makes each song sound like a world within itself.

Long is the Tunnel is filled with hyperreal imagery that denotes a form of escapism: two of the songs reference birds, which Beckerman describes as about being transfixed by something you can’t take your eyes off while also being able to leave at will. Long is the Tunnel prolongs this feeling of being completely immersed: by desire, emotion, and fantasy, though the somber melancholy of her love songs are often more manifestations to her internal self than anyone else.

credits

released November 10, 2023

Anna Beckerman: Lead Vocals (1-7)
Lewis Evans: Saxophone (2,7)
Madeline Leshner: Keys (3-7)
Ruben Radlauer: Production, Mixing, Engineering, Drums, Percussion (2,3,4,6,7), Synth, Programing (2,4,7), BGVs (4)
Finnegan Shanahan: Violin (3,5,6)
Artur Szerejko: Production, Bass (1-6), Mixing, Guitar, Synth, Programming (1,5), Engineering (1,3,4,5,6)
Hayden Ticehurst: Production, Mixing, Engineering, Guitar (2,3,4,6,7), Synth, Programing (2,4,7), BGVs (4), Bass (7), Lap Steel (7)

All Songs Written by Anna Beckerman
“Bougainvillea” co-written with Madeline Leshner

Cover Photo by Marcus Maddox
Photo Wardrobe and Styling by Nadya Laska
Photo Makeup and Effects by Grey Hoffman
Layout and Design by Winona Hudec

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Daneshevskaya Brooklyn, New York

Daneshevskaya is the songwriting project of New York City’s Anna Beckerman. Her artist name, also her great-grandmother’s last name, calls back to her Russian-Jewish familial roots from her home base in New York. The name conjures a world of romance and unknowns, and as Daneshevskaya, Beckerman crafts artful, haunting songs that only ever reveal themselves halfway before she spins the wheel again. ... more

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