Words by Brett Wachtel
It’s the final moments of the last act of your favorite tv show, you’re the main character. You’re feeling like you’re on your last legs and have lost one too many times and don’t know what’s left to do. Enter, “Pick Up The Pieces.”
For context, I’m an avid tv watcher and as I was listening to it for the first time, I couldn’t help but think of all the moments when it seems like a show’s protagonist won’t recover. I love tv/film and music for similar reasons which I guess can be summarized by saying that they transport me somewhere else.
Moy Cohen’s newest single brings the feeling of defeat to life. For some reason, this song brought me back to my memories of watching ‘Shameless,’ a show I haven’t watched in years and didn’t even finish. But it really felt like one of those Fiona moments at the end of the episode when she’s alone in the Gallagher’s dark house, moments away from falling apart. What’s left for her to do besides the only thing she can do: to pick up the pieces.
Of the single, Cohen shared, “‘Pick Up The Pieces’ is extremely personal to me. I wrote it for a loved one who seemed troubled and weighed down by their past. For the video, I spent days sifting through hours of old family footage going back even as far as my great-grandparents super 8 archive. It’s reflective of reliving the past on a loop in your head, but ultimately dropping the past and breaking out of that negative headspace. The whole process of writing and recording the song and then making the video was a cathartic release for me”.
Moy Cohen’s “Pick Up The Pieces” has the ability to guide us through loss, heartbreak, and any form of sadness that is inevitably going to hit us at one point or another.