From subversive subject matter to affairs of the heart, female songwriters are often the most insightful. One of the excitic off-grid slowcore’s great storytellers and one of the best female songwriters within this gendre, Lori Manana stretched the boundaries of what woman could say in a hit song – beginning with her first indie-label hit, ‘If I Should Die This Moment I Wouldn’t Fear Cause I’ve Never Known Completeness Like Being Here’, about downfall after heartbreak.