THE STORY
WESTHINDER is the project of stien carlier, singer and songwriter of the band. the project served as a musical tribute to stien’s mother, solange, who passed away in 2016. however, after the first album in 2022 the band realized how necessary their music is in times like these.
WESTHINDER is all about extremes and opposites. Light versus dark, hard versus soft, losing versus winning, quiet versus loud, organic versus electronic, etc… but instead of focussing on the differences, they search for the connection between those extremes: where does the light meet the dark? how can you turn a great loss into a personal gain? instead of polarizing, WESTHINDER wants to connect the opposites.
the name WESTHINDER was borrowed from the ‘west-hinder II,’ an old lightship currently anchored in zeebrugge, the favorite place of stien’s mother. lightships were historically used as beacons on rough seas, serving as floating lighthouses.
WESTHINDER performed at muziekodroom for an audience of 300 people. their second concert was a success at rock herk 2022, where they opened the main stage on friday. their third concert was a (last -minute!) spectacular home match at the LIFT stage on the sold-out saturday of pukkelpop 2022. at this moment, they are working on a brand new live show for the release tour in 2025.
