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Luke S Dean

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my love says everyone | Ⓥ | MI
@vagabondsmichigan + @fieldnotemidwest
@freespaceshows + @kickstandmichigan

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my first riot fest
went a little like this
📷 @badbadowl

“keep your circle small”

two punisher passes please ✌️

X100T X2

a link so OS few could comprehend

“I bet you just can’t keep up (keep up!) with these fashionistas”

“You’re like my cousin on my instagram side.” - Ben

mischief with the devil himself

my king

I share a spiritual connection with this man
(guess which one)

vagabond vegan club

my instagramless homie Alex

👯‍♀️

my dear Michiganders on the big stage 🖤

mad scientist Marisa

imagine hearing “The Freshmen” for the first time

Vlad on the other side of the lens

the singular proclivity of the vegan mind

“I’m a diva!”

WHISPERS AD taken in Riot Fest Music Festival by @luke.s.dean

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20 days ago

WS001 - SURVIVING WITH LUKE DEAN.
On Free Space, the community of Hardcore, and finding personhood through music.
@luke.s.dean
@freespaceshows taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan by @luke.s.dean

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6 months ago

MICHIGAN HARDCORE
history was made yesterday
Better You Than Me ‘25

📸 @samrottschafer taken in Four Star Theatre by @luke.s.dean

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2 years ago

“Betraying A Memory” ♡ out now wherever you listen
A well wish for the strangers I’ve known deeply and hold dearly.

Guitar, bass, and vocals by Luke S Dean
Drum machine by Rick Johnson
Drums by Nathan Coles

Recorded by Rick Johnson & Luke S Dean
Mixed by Andy Nelson at Bricktop Recording
Mastered by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording

Accompanying photos by Spencer Isberg
Single art by Luke S Dean taken in A Memory by @luke.s.dean

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3 hours ago

bless the telephone ♡

It’s nice to hear your voice again
I’ve waited all day long
Even wrote a song for you
It’s strange, the way you make me feel
With just a word or two
I’d like to do the same for you
It’s nice to hear you say “hello”
And “how are things with you?
I love you”
But very soon it’s time to go
An office job to do
While I’m here writing songs for you
Strange
How a phone call can change your day
Take you away
Away
From the feeling of being alone
Bless the telephone
It’s nice, the way you say my name
Not very fast or slow, just soft and low
The same as when you tell me how you feel
I feel the same way, too
I’m very much in love with you
I’m very much in love with you

#labisiffre #blessthetelephone taken in Michigan by @luke.s.dean

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2 days ago

Sacramento & San Francisco 🌼
extended weekend photo journal

a brief visit to Palace of Fine Arts

out on the Mission.

all roads lead to Shizen.

30 year old child.

somebody’s gotta hold it down for the Ⓥ

if your circle isn’t discussing variants of soy, then it’s time to find a new circle.

braving the most sweltering day of the year with my buddy Alex.

living like zack.

puppy uppies at the party.

Ansel Adams, 2026.
Golden Gate Park.

family reunion 🌺

into the mystic.

mandatory first stop was a shot & a cup with bro.

my OGs

🎃

contender for Dinner of the Year.

first time seeing Circa Survive again since supporting them in 2017.

💀

domesticated raccoon minding their own damn business. taken in San Francisco, California by @luke.s.dean

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7 days ago

Tap in if you’re living like Luke today 😎🙌
like & comment 👇

… I’m tryna see something by @luke.s.dean

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12 days ago

From the La Dispute Rooms of the House North American Show in our mutual hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. A first glance at the footage that has, like most Vagabonds related things, been dormant on my hard drive for some time.

Two years ago this week, or so I have been reminded, Vagabonds played one of the most significant shows of my personal & musical journey. Sold out to thousands at 20 Monroe supporting my past tour mates, my neighbors, my dear ones.

Were there ever a moment to “strike while the iron’s hot,” that was probably it. Were I a savvy business person, I would’ve subsequently hit up friends at agencies and labels to keep the momentum rolling. The thing is, this public journal I’ve been keeping on and off since I was 17 called Vagabonds isn’t a business.

Furthermore, I’ve keenly developed a knack for doing things at the “wrong time”… like finally posting footage from the show two years later. That’s my way, though, and the gaps in between contextualize these moments even more for me.

My life changed drastically shortly after that night. When I started to rebuild and catch my breath, it changed again. Then again. The potential “go for it” moment came and left, and that is alright with me.

Truthfully, that wasn’t my “go for it” moment, though.

It was more so the moment of fulfillment of that time in my life, as well as of that full band iteration of this project.

What could be more significant than playing a packed room in my hometown alongside some of my sweetest friends and in the presence of my family and loved ones? If that doesn’t quench the tireless thirst of youth, I don’t know what else could.

There are still many songs yet to be sung. One of them I debuted at this show but never released… at least not yet. In the scope of achievements, I’ve wanted for little since then other than to simply keep creating and sharing what I write at my own pace. With that, I think it’s about that time to share something new again. Stay tuned.

With love,
💐
L. S. Dean

🎥 @oceanangelstar taken in GLC Live at 20 Monroe by @luke.s.dean

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14 days ago

Our friends Cyadine & Hardlore present… the debut album Violence In Measure. Go listen to it today.
Michigan remains on top. 👑 taken in Detroit, Michigan by @luke.s.dean

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17 days ago

two friends with perfectly dialed in skincare routines

the fellas™

downriver’s no. 1 couple

Taylar absolutely meticulously elevating the show

You inspire me so much. Kept thinking about 2012/2013 at the 222 while you were playing. Love you, brother.

KL

from MWB at the New Albany Production House…

“oblivions peak”

father, son, holy spirit

✝️ taken in Majestic Theater by @luke.s.dean

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18 days ago

When I was 17, I wrote this song called “Embers” one night while sitting in a park parking lot sometime around the first weeks of my senior year of high school. For whatever reason (probably something to do with the newly arriving fall), I’ve been thinking about it more lately than I have in years. I’ve found myself watching the DIY music video back a couple times over the past month. It’s a compilation of formative moments from my first tours the autumn after I graduated.

This track & the whole EP to which it belonged were scrubbed from the internet in a late teenage wave of self deprecation. My inner critic was overly harsh at the time. Being what feels like lifetime older now, I can say that If I heard a youngster in my local scene writing these songs at 17 and subsequently hopping in a van for months to play them on an acoustic guitar around the country, I’d be proud of them. In that breath, I am now proud of the (deeply misguided & misinformed) young person I was.

Last night, on the phone with my mom, she brought up this group of songs that I’d once hated but she loved. On that call, I referenced the line “an artist’s first work can be their greatest under a different set of lenses” from @thehoteliergram track “An Ode to the Nite Ratz Club”. I don’t know if that applies exactly here, but a certain subsect of my friend group from that period would probably argue that it is.

Anyway, it feels good to look at the past from time to time now that I don’t live there. In contrast to the refrain of this song, I’m not holding myself back anymore.

P.S. Thanks @_theartofb_ for sitting with me at your desktop for hours piecing this together over a decade ago. taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan by @luke.s.dean

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20 days ago

Toronto extended weekend & the Appleseed wedding (mostly) taken in Toronto, Ontario by @luke.s.dean

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