James The Fifth is the solo project and band of James Thomer, an LA-based musician, producer, writer, director, audiovisual artist and sometimes comedian. In James The Fifth, he infuses his off kilter psych-pop sensibilities with self-directed and self-written music videos that fall somewhere in between Weird Al and David Lynch - described by Merry-Go-Round Magazine as "toeing the line between surrealism and playfulness".

That said, there’s nothing to laugh at with his music, which often notes late 70s/early 80s art rock with frenetic, inventive guitar-work and analog synthesizers, recalling Roxy Music, Talking Heads, or Robert Fripp. His funky full-length art-psych-rock debut Days Of Wine is out now on Tearjerk Records (Aus) and Mutation Records (US).

James is currently pursuing his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts for Composition and Experimental Sound Practices.