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    Between the Sun & Moon

    Far from home and hopelessly lost, a musician reflects on the full moon rising in opposition to sunset. He approaches the man at the crossroads for directions. "The road of success lies directly ahead. You will reap a great deal, but you've already paid a toll by foolishly petitioning me." Stunned, the musician blindly stumbles into the night, convinced that he sold his soul - when he didn't...

    The New concept album by Steve Brooks & The Fourth Level

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    The Story

    Inspired by the "devil at the crossroads" legend, Between the Sun & Moon is a modern folk tale in the form of a concept album. The songs - including three #1 hits on the Euro and World Indie Charts - tell the story of a young musician at a spiritual and psychological crossroads in his life. Coincidentally, he meets a "salesman" who believes suffering is the only path to wisdom, and that it's his job to cause it. Convinced by the salesman he's sold his soul, the musician is caught between eternity and everyday life, in search of a way to express the inexpressible. The meeting at the crossroads becomes the first step on the only road to redemption - not selling out to fear.

  • Video

    Official videos for the latest release "Just Another Song", the album's #1 title song "Between The Sun & Moon" as well as #1 songs "Where Are You?" and "She Comes Around". *NEW* - after 14,000 views on YouTube, "Between The Sun & Moon" has been chosen as an official selection for the Euro Indie Film Fest! The upgraded HI DEF Film Fest Edition has been added below.

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    Just Another Song

    Between The Sun & Moon HD Film Fest Edition

    Where Are You?

    She Comes Around

     

     

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  • About SB4

    Steve Brooks & The Fourth Level is an Americana Rock band with a
    story to tell. Drawing from his experience playing anywhere from
    smoky dive bars to music halls with the best acoustics, Steve has
    created a soundscape that is deeply grounded in the storytelling
    tradition of American music. Inspired by the “devil at the
    crossroads” legend, his new concept album “Between The Sun &
    Moon” tells the story of a musician who is persuaded by the devil
    that he’s sold his soul – when he hasn’t.

    Steve writes songs that simultaneously hold three separate meanings.
    First, they are events that have happened in his life, sometimes told
    through metaphor. Second, they tell a basic story that anyone can
    relate to. “Just Another Song” is a perfect example: when the musician’s

    girlfriend leaves him, he writes a song about her

    and she becomes “just another song” instead of his wife.

    The third meaning Steve weaves into his songs is an element of
    mythological, spiritual, or folk tradition in the background of the story.

    This is true for “Between The Sun & Moon” as a concept album as well as for the
    individual songs. In “She Comes Around” - the final song on the album -

    the musician finds redemption after following his own path and

    not “selling out” to fear.

    Even with these multi-layered meanings, just enough is left to the
    imagination. The songs are crafted with an open ended approach
    to allow the listener to relate to and maybe even find themselves in
    the story. Like all great songs, they are as much about the listener as they are
    the songwriter.

     

    Steve Brooks is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, drummer, rhythm guitarist,
    and producer. Combining his life on the road with
    his Masters’s degree in music, he has created a modern folk tale
    that has something new to say with every spin.

  • Images

    A few photos and live videos...

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    This chart monitors 6,000 Stations!
    NUMBER 1 in 3rd week of release on the World Indie Chart!
    NUMBER 8 for the year on the Euro Indie Chart!
    NUMBER 1 for second week on the Euro Indie Chart!
    NUMBER 1 on th Euro Indie Chart!
    A photo from one of the first sessions
    Steve C, who plays on several songs
    Mike Flanders playing acoustic on "Everything is You"
    My favorite setup with my 1920's single tension Leedy snare.
    With Eric, Kyle & JC
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  • The Crossroads

    The intersection of everyday life and eternity...

    Lost Between The Sun & Moon

    With the full moon rising in the East and the sun ready to set in the West, you meet "the man at the crossroads". He has a wild look about him, and for some reason you can't look away as he locks eyes with you.

    You're ask for directions and he says:

    "The road of success lies directly ahead. You will reap a great deal, but you've already paid a toll by foolishly petitioning me."

    You respond with silence, and judging from the reaction you get, he finds this insulting.

    "I'll give you a piece of my mind you won't forget!"

    An eternity passes in an instant as two thoughts simultaneously enter your mind. There's something clearly "off" about this guy, but you were told in the town you just passed through that he knows his way around.

    How does he know where you're going?

    And it's almost as if he'd been here waiting for you...

    You exhale loudly as you try to collect your thoughts.

    Then, in the manner of saying "let's see now", and to nobody in particular, you say:

    "OK".

    Suddenly there's a look in his eyes you hadn't seen before - a depth of pain & sorrow, combined with a self satisfied grin that's not at all the look of a helpful soul giving directions.

    You realize he thinks you've agreed to "pay the toll"... that you've given the sign... putting your name on the line.

    "I wasn't talking to you! I don't know who you think you are old man, but I haven't agreed to anything!".

    Insanely, he says : "Say what you will, but you've already given me a great deal... The toll can wait, but in the end, you will pay!"

    You've had more than enough of this guy and make your way straight through the crossroads. You're scared now, and as you walk on down the road, he yells with a tone of complete confidence: "you'll get yours!" Then the words that will haunt you: "It's all just a game!" They echo in your mind as the sound of his voice evaporates into silence.

    This is the crux of "Between The Sun & Moon", a concept album about walking through the night towards the rising sun of a new day. Traveling through the darkness, you use the light of the full moon to guide your way, remembering that moonlight is really the light of the sun, reflected.

    The songs tell the stages of the passage: departure, the crossroads, isolation, the journey into darkness, false dawn, the search for companionship, three muses, and sunrise:

    1) The Eastbound Road (Departure)

    2) I Wasn't Talkin' To You (The Crossroads)

    3) Bread Alone (Isolation)

    4) Shaman (Into the Darkness)

    5) Everything Is You (False Dawn)

    6) Where Are You? (The Seeker)

    7) The Worst Best Thing (Carmen)

    8) Between The Sun & Moon (Tara)

    9) Just Another Song (Louise)

    10) She Comes Around (Sunrise - Penelope)

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