Eleyet McConnell lay bare a marriage with breathtaking vulnerability on “I Want You to Know”. Angie and Chris, a musical powerhouse and real-life couple, shed light on love’s complexities through courageous honesty. Angie’s voice, a revelation, takes the listener into a process that few walk in the open. She leads with gentleness, selecting each sincere word as if it was pulled from the hours spent in the company of the lamplight and the heart. Her words are chosen with the fluidity of someone who has been telling stories for years, and she welcomes the audience with open arms, no qualms about being rejected.
Combined, Angie and Chris have created a home for truth to take hold and for tolerance to germinate where there used to be only condemnation. Angie meets our gaze plainly and says “Look – this is messy and real. But within life’s complexity lies beauty, if only we have the courage to see”. Between the two McConnells there is a stream where the water is crystal clear but the feeling is hot. Every note is a promise of seeing the concept of intimacy from a new perspective, as a product of conscious attention rather than a possession. Their view, that the destination of a relationship shifts while the journey is fate enough, gives comfort to all those who tread this twisted path.
Eleyet McConnell enable others to remain, and journey with. In their temple of candor, the shadows of deceit evaporate to make way for compassion and justice. In “I Want You to Know”, they suggest how two turned into one not through complementarity but through protected togetherness – a reality that few disclose but many desire. A bounty to linger with the listeners well beyond the last loving chords. The McConnells have created much more than a song – they have given a world where hope might get the light to grow, even in the forest of love. This courage transforms the audience in some way that is permanent.
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