Finding inspiration in everything from Joyce and Wilde to The Smiths and The Pogues, A National Light is the debut LP by one of the most underrated acts around. Crammed with intricately arranged and lyrically resonant compositions like ‘Razors & Ropes’ and ‘A Mirror To A Woman (Is A Bullet In A Gun)’, The Rags are persistently mournful yet ultimately uplifting - this is one of the most head-rushingly potent Irish records in recent memory.