Get Rid of That Sadness

Get Rid of That Sadness

You’d think that Purim is the perfect occasion to release a singable, danceable album. So why did Joey Newcomb decide to release his latest creation, FREILACH ALL THE TIME a few days later?

“This album was over two years in the making,” Joey says. “It was a challenge to find time when both producer Doni Gross and I were available to work in the studio. Or maybe it was the yetzer hara getting in the way of all the chizuk we could spread to Yidden. When it was finally all ready, it was already Purim time, but we waited to release it, because our message is that the simchah is not a one-day event, but has to continue throughout the year.”

Joey wrote the title track, “Freilach All the Time,” when he was feeling a bit low one day last summer. “I wasn’t feeling like myself, and I remembered that there is a principle taught by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov that if you’re not feeling upbeat and you don’t know why, you have to do whatever it takes to get rid of the sadness and be b’simchah in the embrace of Hashem. So right where I was, there in my shvigger’s backyard, I started to run around the pool and sing aloud, ‘Ivdu es Hashem b’simchah.’ I managed to shake off that low mood and then discovered that I was humming to the tune of this song.”

The track is a high-energy duet with Benny Friedman, with Yiddish and English words and a relatable happy vibe.