I’ve been into Terra Naomi for 3 years now. I watched Terra play for audiences of a 5 or 6 to sold out shows. Some of you may recognize her from her YouTube videos recorded from her bedroom more specifically, for the song “Say Its Possible”. She won the YouTube award for musical performance last year and gained a fairly large fan base around the world. Since 2006, Terra has signed a deal with Island Records and relocated to London to develop her career. Her record “Under the Influence” has been released in the Uk as of September.
Terra did a show right before she left for London and sold out Hotel Cafe for the first time in 3 years. It was a momentous send off. Most fans were used to bi weekly shows around Los Angeles. Fans like me, having been without Terra since January, have been in withdrawal and left looking for a temporary replacement. Finally, Terra is back and doing what she does best. She played a range of songs from her first self titled ep, “Under the Influence” and unrecorded material. The highlight for me is always “Flesh For Bones” because you can determine what kind of audience is present by how quiet and respectful they are. That night, everyone in the room was there to see her and it was dead quiet. Plus, its such a beautifully intimate song. Whenever i see Terra, its always a great show because its an extremely personal experience. You feel everything she’s singing about and the audience connects and responds to it. She also invited the band she recorded with to do a few faster and heavier songs. Terra hasn’t played with the band to the LA crowd for over a year and a half so it was a pleasant change in pace. But, during the piano songs like “Never Quite Discussed” the band parts sounded odd- all were talented players but they overpowered the song. A lot of the reasons why i love Terra so much is her voice and the little nuances when playing the piano. It should be the Terra show not the band show with drum solo. Some light beats would have suited the tracks better. Overall, it was a great turnout nice to see how far she has come.

Setlist:

- close to your head
- say its possible
- up here
- vicodin song
- jenny (band)
- not sorry (band)
- im happy (band)
- flesh for bones
- never quite discussed (band)
- in the summertime (unreleased)
- smile (unreleased)
- goodbye letters

encore:
perfect day (lou reed cover)

See the video for Say Its Possible: