With his blend of country twang, lolloping boogie and Beefheartian astringency, Muleskinner Jones may be the British version of Johnny Dowd – or the Wiltshire version, at least.

This follow-up to Death Row Hoedown tours the wrong side of the American tracks, from the bloodstained legacy of the Civil War in "Death In Dixie" and the genocidal approach to Native Americans in "Blood & Muskets" to the bereaved brother seeking proxy revenge in Afghanistan in "Men With Knives".

But a droll eccentricity tempers the tragedy: the title track imagines integrated Roswell aliens as immigrant good ol' boys, while "Drinking To Get Drunk" ("I'm not drinking to forget you, I'm drinking to get drunk") is one of several fine homages to Hank Williams – though Hank couldn't have conceived Jones's "gangsta-rap gospel" number "Satan Is My Bitch".

Download this: 'Drinking To Get Drunk', 'Mr J's Last Song', 'Satan Is My Bitch'