As Westerman, British singer/songwriter Will Westerman makes low-key, atmospheric indie pop with a cerebral bent à la Steely Dan, one of his influences. His debut album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, saw release in 2020. The political-minded single "Idol; RE-run," a collaboration with Big Thief's James Krivchenia, appeared in 2022.

At first recording mostly with acoustic guitar, light effects, and percussion, the Londoner's earliest singles appeared on streaming sites throughout 2016. He made his label debut on Blue Flowers Music with the Call and Response EP in August 2017. Featuring more textured arrangements that added keyboards and electric guitar, it marked a shift away from gentle folk-pop into a space between '70s soft rock and contemporary bedroom electro-pop. He reinforced the transition by having his friend Bullion produce the two-track single "Confirmation"/"I Turned Away," which arrived in early 2018.

"Confirmation" enjoyed minor online buzz, giving his career a boost and creating interest in the remainder of his output for that year: two singles and a four-track EP, Ark. He played his first U.S. dates in late 2018 and -- aside from an August guest appearance on Amen Dunes' track "L.A." -- spent the bulk of 2019 either touring or recording. Bullion assisted with sessions for his debut album, and these took place in both southern Portugal and London. In January 2020, Westerman signed to Partisan Records (PIAS), which issued the environmentally themed single "Blue Comanche," his first material in over a year. Further singles were issued before "Your Hero Is Not Dead" -- reputedly composed on the day that Mark Hollis died -- was issued in April. The full-length Your Hero Is Not Dead followed on Partisan in June 2020.

After a period that included the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a move to Athens, Greece, and disenchantment with making music, he returned to songwriting with a more uncompromising approach. A song he wrote shortly after the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capital, "Idol; RE-run" was recorded with producer/percussionist James Krivchenia (Big Thief) and released in October 2022. ~ Marcy Donelson & James Wilkinson, Rovi