DEAD AHEAD | Dredge Song!

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In Black Salt Games' 'Dredge', a fisherman sets sail to Greater Marrow to GOBY the town’s SOLE angler. It at first seems like a peaceful PLAICE, but the townsfolk warn him that things are SARDINE to get weird. He thinks this is a load of CODswallop, but as DACE draw to nights, he FLOUNDERS when confronted with Eldritch horrors beyond his comprehension. They seem to be WHITING for his demise…
OK… that last fish pun was a bit CARP.
So, this project began as Dan Bull was so found of the Choo Choo Charles set, he wanted to try and reuse as much of it as possible and turn it into a boat for a Dredge song! And I wasn’t going to NOT use a beautiful boat set as well!
Our set builder Nick did a brilliant job with this one, I think most people won’t be able to tell it used to be a train! So huge thanks to him, and the entire team that worked really hard on this video. We filmed it way back in July, but as you can tell, there was a lot of post-production work with the CG elements! Shout out to all the artists that made that happen, check them out in the credits below!
As this video is all thanks to Dan’s idea, make sure to check out his Dredge video here: • I'm Heading Out (of my...
Oh, and obviously a MASSIVE thank you for one million subscribers!!! I can’t really believe it! As I said in the outro, we have some special stuff planned for the big milestone, but you’ll have to wait until the New Year for that! Sit tight!
#dredge
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Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium
Video by The Stupendium & Paul Marke
Director of Photography: Paul Marke - www.paulmarke.com/
Production assistant: @LawlessMarshall
Shoot Coordinator: Lizzy CJ
Beat produced by @tunnabeatz
Track mixed and mastered by @OxygenBeats
3D animation by Xoriak & @FoxbearFilms / xoriakofficial
Boat model by kitnixi: / kitnxi
Set fabrication by Nick J Henderson
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The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person.

[@TheStupendium]

All new Stupendi-Merch NOW AVAILABLE! stupendiumstore.com/ LYRICS: VERSE 1: Cast off from the docks onto boundless seas There’s shops to be stocked, there are mouths to feed Every town needs Neptune’s bounties But bringing them aground? Well, it’s down to me For the flounders, bream, crabs, cod and mackerel Can’t out compete man, rod and tackle And the salmon and the wrasse, barracuda and the bass Are all grouped up with the groupers - and a profit haggled What’s it worth to get your earnings from a sturgeon on a pole? There’s a lot of soul searching when you’re searching for a sole No man is an island but I’m fine to play the role Living life on the horizon, it can really take atoll What you want to risk to get a fishy there upon a little dishy when the boat comes in? It’s a mystery but I’m pretty sure a biggun’ up and hit me Took a nibble and he broke something I’ll take tea with a spot of hake, peas Some chips, baked beans and a blob of H.P. Love, craft and skill let you dominate seas Tough graft won’t kill - but a gob of great teeth Might take you by surprise as you’re scraping up the muck No saying what you’ll find so it pays to have a look Hauling trinkets all a-glimmer or just fishing up some dinner Sure I ain’t much of a singer but I’m great with catchy hooks CHORUS: Neath tides of bleak and briny In that bed where fortunes sleep Secrets lie beneath for finding Weaving dread and silt for sheets In the lambent lamp of phantoms Flotsam all are we in time Can you fathom what the fathom’s Blackened chasms have to hide deep in the brine VERSE 2: It takes the correct person to live off the brine But I’m great at networking and my job’s online Sure you’ll maybe get herding up the lobsters fine But your fate is less certain with an ominous shrine No that can’t be what I’m seeing, chance it’s just something I’ve eaten A mirage or, perhaps my bleeding looking glass just needs a cleaning Heck, the hardiest of seamen can lose faculties of an evening It’s a fact of life at sea! But I’m still grappling with the feeling That there’s something coming after me, there’s whispers in the tides That crystalise in ocean foam of shifting, infinite eyes Their ebbs and flows obsidian in twisted pitch of night Or are the depths below, abyssal, mirrored in the skies? Blow it, I’m a man of reason! Won’t get caught in superstition Bloke who can’t keep track of real isn’t a lot of use for fishing But these catches that I’ve reeled in are so rotten, putrid, writhen Sallow shadows from the shallows risen withered and unbidden From depths, immortal chest, enshrined abreast horizon’s sprawl Who’s Every crest, a breath I ride in endless rise and fall A beating heart, relentless, scribed as tendrils strike the hull And each a part, crescendant, chimes the yen of siren’s call Each swell imparts unspoken names as waves and senses break As rudder carves an open vein left gaping in our wake Though tokens raised from soaken graves may yet a fortune make I fear for what the ocean claims in place of what we take BRIDGE: What’s to find Harrowed craft ‘Cross the lines Shadows cast? Hoist your nets Raise your pots All is death Plague and rot Hard to port Hard astern Matters nought Where you turn Compass spins Stars have fled We are all Dead ahead CHORUS: Neath tides of bleak and briny In that bed where fortunes sleep Secrets lie beneath for finding Weaving dread and silt for sheets In the lambent lamp of phantoms Flotsam all are we in time Can you fathom what the fathom’s Blackened chasms have to hide deep in your mind

[@Stolas676]

First

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You're amazing! Love your work 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@RXCVR]

Dang how long did that take

[@CorpseJester]

Love you I'm autistic and you helped me through so many years

[@evelyntrickel4423]

Nvm, I am not first

[@afrenchguy1441]

Absolutely love how this goes from a fisherman making jokes about his job to horrors beyond our comprehension real fast.

[@SkyeTheSapphicWizard]

It captures that aspect of the game very well!

[@stonetimekeeper]

"A blob of Hp, love, craft, and skill." I sea what you did there. I love that line. Fantastic song as always.

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

This song has a lot of slick lyrics

[@vanilla_lice]

@@aguyontheinternet8436this whole channel has slick lyrics

[@maxxcrafting7519]

Was just about to comment that

[@hysterial4]

“Love, craft” as in Lovecraftian horror!

[@Mr.Sparks.173]

Being unfamiliar with the game, but familiar with Lovecraft and stupendium, that line gave me a heads up that this silly fishing game is far less silly than I first thought from the first few lines.

[@JEhrig]

I know it's unlikely anyone'll see this, but I've gotta point out how much I love that the final monster is the night angler. They're exclusive to the marrows, the earliest and safest part of the game, which means the fisherman was close, so close to safety, to getting out of this alive, heck, he probably mistook the light for the lighthouse.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Every time one of these songs comes out there's always so much detail like that slipped in. I feel like no one person could find quite all of it.

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

IMO, the fact that he saw something off on the horizon and was being led with decreasingly worse treasure makes me think that he was always headed towards the angler and wasn’t even at the tip of the iceberg Granted, I’ve never played the game so I might’ve gotten it wrong here

[@yellowpig1026]

or alternatively, it shows that he never left the marrows, he only ever saw the very tip of the iceberg of what lies in these waters

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

@@yellowpig1026 i said the exact same thing

[@yellowpig1026]

@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad ah. my B. i didn't look at the replies lmao

[@TheSkullivan12]

I absolutely love how the narrator’s language becomes more florid the farther he sinks into eldritch horror, right up until the second verse where he tries to snap himself out of it and briefly reverts back to simple fisher’s slang for a few bars before fully losing himself. Masterfully written lyrics.

[@MrSanst]

Dredge might've not won the indie game award, but this song sure deserves one.

[@marcwu5686]

Atleast it got this and dan balls creepiest sea shanty

[@Orion_44]

@@marcwu5686 I love dan balls

[@marcwu5686]

Damn autocorrect, sorry. I of course mean Dan Bull

[@11thDC]

for sure. it's such a great game, the only negative thing was the fact the first DLC didn't feel like a DLC, more like what should have been a free update, it was such a small amount of content.

[@salurorottiers9305]

The song needs to win a GAME award? 😏

[@mr.lazyness4926]

*"But I'm great at networking and my job's online"* This is why I love Stupes' songs, the wordplays are just... *_Perfection_*

[@pandoratheclay]

And I like puns as well, so stupes is always welcome

[@gamerhurley]

"Bloke who can’t keep track of real isn’t a lot of use for fishing" makes me mad because its good

[@alanepithet2931]

I about died at 'Love, craft, and skill'.

[@janpocarovsky3486]

It's great wordplay, sure, but in this particular instance it annoys me, because the song could have been sung by an early 19th century, or even medieval, fisherman, except for that one line. That's the only overt reference to anything modern in the whole song.

[@Crow_Enjoyer25]

@@janpocarovsky3486 the thing is... that song was made about dredge : a game in the modern times

[@KWBR1123]

I love how the trinkets dredged up get more worthless as the song progresses, it’s as if as the bar of gold was bait and the fisherman is being pulled along to keep searching until the treasure dries up and it becomes clear that he was was on a line all along.

[@HimitsuHunter]

Something else really fun... the Song has 2 Hooks. One for the Fisherman... the other for the Angler.

[@frohawkmaster]

Ironically when i played i hated getting a stupid necklace, i was looking for PLANKS.

[@AmericaThePridefullySimple]

@@frohawkmasterRight?! At a certain point cash doesn’t mean much. But you need those planks and scrap metal!

[@shadydaemon4178]

@@frohawkmasterLiterally in the water, you can see different shapes in the water between planks, scrap metal, and even the cloth bolts. Including the treasures you find.

[@Stukov961]

Except for the very last one, which I take as a joking callback. The last trinket being the same Eiffel Tower prop used in Fiend Like Me, which in that song is the actual Eiffel Tower that got miniaturized.

[@RuefullyUrs]

The gradual transition from the corniest fish puns I've ever heard to the equivalent of "The Muppets Descend into Lovecraftian Madness" was astounding. Might be one of Stup's best ones yet!

[@Code_Null]

the muppets descend into lovecraftian madness is a sentence i'd never thought i'd hear today

[@hunterc.260]

I would watch “The Muppets at the Mountains of Madness” or “The Call of Kermit” in a heartbeat!

[@djordjestancic1510]

"Some chips, baked beans and a blob of H.P. Love, craft and skill let you dominate seas" I _sea_ what you did there

[@alexissmith7005]

_Salmon_ had to do it, dude.

[@polybius-jy5rc]

bur where's the fish.

[@Merlin1908]

But did you SEE what he did there? The newspaper from Neath! is used to serve the fish and chips.

[@polybius-jy5rc]

@@Merlin1908 oh, so a prop reuse & a pun opportunity win, that's 2 ding's.

[@IsItGuy]

The 'Love, craft and skill' line is so subtly incredible and I love it.

[@Morningstar_37]

also "a blob of HP" right before it

[@rivo8774]

I didnt quite get that one, is it supposed to refer to lovecraftean? In that case what does skill mean here

[@Congele_]

This one was my favorite line of the whole song, it was such a clever reference!

[@thesoaringscepter4325]

@@rivo8774i dont know the blob and skill but it's H.P lovecraft aka cthulu guy

[@inconsistencyperson6131]

@@rivo8774I believe the skill was used to make the lovecraft reference more subtle

[@ashtonpope3070]

"Sure, I ain't much of a singer," they sing as they drop the hardest shanty of our generation

[@clintonbehrends4659]

not technically a shanty but I agree it's good

[@Da_god_of_death]

So true bro!

[@Semudara]

Would the part that starts with "'Neath tides of bleak and briny" really not count as a shanty? It just sounds so... so... shantastic.​@@clintonbehrends4659

[@clintonbehrends4659]

@@Semudara shanties are designed to assist work by by maintaining a consistent rythm for things that needed it (like cargo loading)and were not typicaally for entertainment the section of the "neath tides of bleak and briny" would probably qualify more then the rest of the song but probably still doesn't count as it's tempo and rythm shifts (as it's ment to sound good not be used labour)

[@Semudara]

@@clintonbehrends4659That's a good point! It totally is close to one, though, in my opinion. Just might need some of the bars to be tweaked so they're more even in length. Thanks for the response! I appreciate the info.

[@dr.whippersnatch7200]

The 'The Stupendium dresses up as working class men' cinematic universe is coming along finely

[@AutumnRaison]

Stupes fans are eating well this month! Another superbly written journey into another game I know nothing about.

[@RibbitRibbit721]

An Alan Wake 2 song, a GAME THEORY SONG, and now a dredge song

[@Menchii_bug]

I think eating the fish here won’t do us well… remember what happened to the Fishmonger? And the Dockworker?

[@RibbitRibbit721]

@@Menchii_bug never heard of them

[@toystoryteletubbyism9722]

@@Menchii_bugi mean, they lived tho so like it works

[@Menchii_bug]

@@toystoryteletubbyism9722 Lived, but not very well, I think

[@MunchyLikesOtters]

The oceanic vibes at such an hour of madness. Then just a pirate singing into my ear, what an odd day to be a Stupendium Fan.

[@Freckle_McMurray]

Did you know that cats can be gay lesbian or bisexual :3

[@feritye767]

@@Freckle_McMurray did you know that no one cares

[@edisontrent618]

@@Freckle_McMurray Stop spreading misinformation. Animals are slaves to their sexual urges without question on whatever they get a hold of, even trees and rocks. Some animals will even purposely kill and gang rape.

[@Freckle_McMurray]

@@feritye767 ok

[@Donthugmeimdangerous]

@@feritye767I care

[@mr.chicken9295]

From “My lines are missing catchy hooks” to “But I’m great with catchy hooks”. What a journey this has been.

[@brackwolf6521]

what song is that first line from?

[@toystoryteletubbyism9722]

@@brackwolf6521amateur wordsmith

[@haotatyan]

​@@toystoryteletubbyism97227 years is a good amount of time

[@notyetimnot406]

callin' it now, the next song is gonna be the Amateur Wordsmith sequel we've all been waiting for

[@redmondthealien7840]

​​@@notyetimnot406 More than an amateur wordsmith.

[@thaddeusb8715]

This song does an amazing job of portraying a slow descent into madness, and I think a lot of that has to do with the lyrics. In the first part, they're very welcoming, innocent and colloquial, with contractions like "big'un" and "ain't", and informal, stereotypically lower-class words ("Gob", "nibble", "dishy"), as well as a tidal wave of fish puns. But when we get to the eldritch portions of the song, the fish puns dry up and the lyrics get more prose-like and verbose, like the kind of thing you'd read in an actual Lovecraft story - "their ebbs and flows obsidian", "sallow shadows from the shallows", "each swell imparts unspoken names", etc. And in the middle of the second half, when the fisherman briefly tries to snap themselves back to reality, there's a return to the more colloquial lyrics of the first half, with "blow it" and "bloke", as well as the last fish pun (real/reel) of the song. It gives the impression that in learning Things That Man Was Not Meant To Know, the fisherman's vocabulary was irreversibly altered along with his mind. Wonderful stuff!

[@Mangaka718]

I'm so enamored with your wordplay and melodies. I'm speechless. also your chorus of..."fish"...was kind of terrifying but oddly charming? phenomenal work, 2570/10, would get eaten by lovecraftian horrors of the deep again

[@RibbitRibbit721]

257.18261182618281926284816/10

[@tomireland3644]

Mangaka718 - same, it's all SO good

[@goeskaboom]

The funny part is that the ending monster is exclusive to the shallows, he was so close to safety.

[@MistressofHeaven]

Hey, the end of the comment rhymes!

[@misterc1099]

You did it with evil genius 2, you did it with two point, You did it with frost punk, You did it with beholder 3, And now woth dredge. You make these songs for games I never heard of and make them so well, i have to go out and play them because you make them seem so good. Truly, you have talent and skill in your craft.

[@TuxedoDogss]

i second this. how do they make me want to play or watch gameplay of anything??

[@jayden6666]

​@@TuxedoDogssmost of the games I play is because of their songs I swear

[@KevinG3699]

This song for frost punk is the EXACT reason I went and bought it.

[@Randomdudz2022]

Omg same

[@bucketgaming2]

*with, fourth line

[@oneframesam]

“Compass spins, Stars have fled, We are all dead ahead” Is one of the coolest lines I have heard in a while.

[@galladegamerletsplays]

I know your singing is the main selling point but I have to give props to your acting, especially at the end! The way the captain reacts to the giant angler fish gives me chills every time.

[@stompingliger]

+ the little pause of thought before decapitating the fish with multiple eyes! 🤌

[@cookiecraze1310]

His blank-ish looks into the distance while fishing are perfect fisher vibes.

[@Sozo-San]

The entire song feels like a calm before the storm, and that's exactly what it is. A fisherman facing Lovecraftian horrors.

[@theworstghost123]

Another song and so soon? I don’t know how you keep pumping out these high quality songs but I’m not complaining!

[@cosmo1851]

I like how it starts off feeling so cheery and goofy and it turns into eldritch horror, going from a guy goofing about on a boat with a few odd things going on to a sudden rapid descent into madness

[@Astrospill]

"Some chips, baked beans and a blob of H.P. Love, craft and skill let you dominate seas" Such a great line! Well done!

[@GangsterGamer9613]

Never heard of Dredge but you certainly make a seaman's life so interestingly fun, adventurous, and exciting. Great performance, Stupendium.👍😃

[@Pitapie]

It's a wonderful indie game. I really enjoyed it. Sits somewhere between relaxing and nervewracking.

[@CJtheentity]

Dredge is a really fun indie horror (?) game, and I can’t recommend it enough

[@FelidaeEnjoyer]

It's about a fisherman being crash landed, and needing to catch fish for the butcher to repay his debts. In doing so, he finds a mysterious man who sends him on missions. Aberrant fish are discovered and time passes until the fisherman doesn't know why he's following the magic mission man. Eventually, while going on these, he finds 4 quarters of a tablet and a madman, following orders until the end, where cthulu rises. Quite a good game, I recommend jacksepticeyes' playthrough of it

[@allengrove1864]

Dredge is a indie fishing horror game though not particularly scary it is more of a psychological horror i guess it has a few interesting mechanics in a pretty good story would definitely recommend

[@theotherbird8381]

You have to play it. My personal GOTY, and personal recommendation

[@terorahkanen303]

This is the perfect song for Dredge. During the day you fish casually in calm waters picking up strange cargo from time to time. The horrors lurk at night, and insanity glooms around every corner. The fisher is a lovable character. There's also the signature jab at the real world with 'I fear for what the ocean claims in place for what we take'. Bravo 10/10, Stupes!

[@live4life551]

I love how the sense of dread and danger rises throughout the song. At first the fisherman's just singing about the job that he loves and how there can always be unexpected surprises for better or worse, but then he sees something... unnatural off in the distance but he just plays it off as nothing worth attention and keeps going ahead. But as soon as night falls there's he KNOWS theres something out there no matter how hard he tries to ignore it. After the Mutant Fish Choir (Never knew that would be something my brain would ever register either btw) say their peace he doesn't care what's waiting for him below anymore, he just wants to get out of this alive and at long last he finds light which means civilization, which mean people, which means land, which means this is all at an end.

[@tatarchan5212]

I love the aberration fish choir, Stupe actually get the actual aberration fish from the game correctly. From left to right gnashing perch Scouring bass Three headed cod Enthralled stonefish Blood snapper And many eyed mackerel on chopping block.

[@jacksonlee6760]

That light at the end could also be him falling for the giant anglerfish's trick, pretending to be another friendly fishing boat just to lure you in.

[@L-and-P]

@@tatarchan5212Oh, I just thought they were supposed to be extreme exaggerations of real life fish.

[@tatarchan5212]

@@L-and-P well, in the game it's basically sealife that has been corrupted by lovecraftian force. All of them have the "normal, non corrupted" real life counterpart.

[@L-and-P]

@@tatarchan5212 That makes sense, it’s just a lot of these look disturbingly close to real life fish

[@Iionios]

I really appreciate the attention to detail. All the Aberrant Fish are from the game. In order of appearance are the Leviathan, the Blood Snapper and Many-Eyed Mackerel, then the chorus with the Gnashing Perch, Scouring Bass, Three-Headed Cod, Enthralled Stonefish, and Blood Snapper (left to right), and finally the Night Angler. Very well done.

[@oliviatilleman8055]

OH I DIDNT EVEN REGISTER THE FIRST THING AS OL LEVI BUT YOURE PROBABLY RIGHT

[@dylansickinger545]

I think you said Many-Eyed Mackerel a second time on accident, I think you meant Three-Headed Cod

[@Iionios]

@@dylansickinger545 You... are not wrong. Thanks for the assist, edit made.

[@superguy9834]

These practical effects are astonishing. The song's a banger. The game itself is art. Every time I think you can't top what you've accomplished last, you somehow manage to outshine yourself in new, outstanding ways!! Hats off to you!

[@jeluenhayo2410]

First of all, I love that the song is split into two distinct styles: the sea shanty and the ravenous sermon of a madman. Very fitting for the game. And second - I'm so happy the endless puns are back! In most of recent songs you could only have an occasional one or two, and most of the songs are built upon an atmosphere and some plotline. But here we have a perfect blend of both catching the feeling of the game (as I've said at the beggining) and a stream of sea-scented puns and jokes!

[@RomLoneWolf23]

Love how the song has two choruses, one representing the fisherman, the other the unholy abominations, and in the end, the abominations are downing out the Fisherman figuratively, before the Angler does it literally.

[@jadaw644]

I can't believe Stupes actually became a fisher and sailed in the middle of the sea to capture this footage. The dedication. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jgrant9281]

I’m sorry but “But I’m great at NETworking and my jobs onLINE” had me DEAD. Absolutely brilliant, Stupes!

[@ZarroTM]

I genuinely think The Stupendium will always be underrated, the accents, the bars, the hooks, the sets, the animations, the effort is like no other. Please never quit no matter how old ye may turn!

[@chaseadams6865]

I'm 99% sure the set is the same as Dan Bull's song too. Check it out

[@H1eR0GLIpHiCS]

I love the possible stop-motion animation towards the end. Also CONGRATS ON ONE MILLION!!!!!

[@TheStupendium]

Thank you! It's all CG :P

[@alexissmith7005]

Wow. Hearted by Stupes, with a comment from them, and only 3 likes? Have another one, buddy.

[@doombringer5267]

1 MILLION! YOU DID IT! Can't believe it's finally happened, but also can't believe it's taken this long. You're finally getting the recognition you deserve for all your talent, hard work and dedication. Congrats Stupes, and here's to a million more!🥳🎉

[@jason4443]

I've listened to this over and over and the "stars have fled" part is still so damn striking. Like, it conveys that there's something so horrible that all the stars in the sky not only disappeared, they've *_fled,_* as in ran away from some sort of danger. Something so dangerous and terrifying that even stars have to run away from it. Just excellent cosmic horror vibe.

[@hellfiregaming9401]

This video really makes me wonder the budget is for the sets in music videos, this is so well done

[@TheStupendium]

The budget is yes.

[@abdogad1]

​@@TheStupendium Yes

[@rockgirl6786]

@@TheStupendiumI hope when I have my career the budget for my music videos will also be "yes"

[@KevinG3699]

​@TheStupendium Yes.

[@angelramirezgarcia8264]

With this song, you've made me watch a random video, and a whole series of this game. Are you happy? Are you pround of yourself and your work? I hope so. You are great, and so are your music videos.

[@sofiamansour-tehrani4727]

I love the double meaning of "We are all dead ahead". 1. The fisherman and any others who venture too far into these cursed, dangerous waters have nothing but death awaiting them. 2. The monsters and mutants have the fisherman surrounded by now, so no matter which direction he sails, he'll just be heading toward more of them. Depending on how you interpret the pronoun, the message is "We will all die soon" or "You cannot escape us". The protagonist's doom is inevitable either way. Perfectly bleak and ominous for a tale of eldritch horror!

[@JameyMcQueen]

I know next to nothing about Dredge, but this song is fire! Once again, you knocked it out of the park, and congrats on 1 million subs! Well-deserved!

[@brainflash1]

Like with all Stupendium productions, the song tells you everything you need to know.

[@JameyMcQueen]

​@@brainflash1 Exactly.

[@thegamerboss2440]

same

[@Peepsaregreat]

​@@JameyMcQueen I didn't know anything about it either but when I noticed jacksepticeye played it back in 2021 I binged it and it's a pretty good game with a great story and plot twist

[@VannyXan]

The slow, plodding shanty beat gives me the impression of a person making their way slowly toward an inevitable end. Starting out pretty lighthearted sounding, but slowly devolving into madness. The other superimposed voices becoming more and more crazed, frightened, and desperate. The song is clever and even paced. This was a treat to listen to, especially the mix of shanty and chant at the end. The set and effects are especially well done, and the feel makes me nostalgic for the fishing trips I went on as a kid. I've said it before, but Stupes continues to set higher and higher bars for themself and their crew and make the mark every time. Amazing work and stellar vocals and atmosphere. Love it!

[@mrfreckles7384]

"can you fathom what the fathoms, blackened chasms" best line of the chorus.

[@smdgdsounds]

Jesus this entire song is fantastic, the echoing voices, the hints to Lovecraftian lore, the cinematography, it’s all so good, and its wonderful to see how far you’ve come! Keep it up Stupes!

[@kylepeters8690]

I swear, every time I think it's going to be impossible to top a previous song you just crack your knuckles and drop something like this. The way this goes from simple little shanty to full lovecraft while struggling to stay sane, the fish leaping up to sing. Simply amazing. Also, congrats on hitting 1million

[@jamiesmith78]

is it just me or is the stupendium hauling ass now, theyve made like 3 incredible songs in the past 3 weeks. Great job

[@ivanbeckmann5498]

100% - part of me thought they were taking a short hiatus after they've shaved their face for the 'The Neath' song..

[@karablues]

"But I'm great at networking and my job's online" I just got that wordplay and joke after the 10th repeat.

[@citythatneedstoburn3484]

This song has really grown on me like the tentacle I got from delving into forbidden texts.

[@asmariamoon]

Amazing song, and you really captured the Lovecraftian vibes so well. My personal favorite line is "In the lambent lamps of phantoms, flotsom all are we in time."

[@tomireland3644]

Right!? I enjoy the gags about catchy hooks, the references like "don't play close attention to our one sided War of the Worlds, ripping up the Rosebuds as we're plundering these Ores an Wells" But ALSO there are the lines that have such good pace, sound, feel to them and are so evocative like that. There's such skill gone into making them and they're a joy to hear (which is good because they're so catchy they're usually stuck in my head for ages 😂)

[@KandiPook]

I literally jumped out of my bed and turned on my speaker just to listen to this. Keep up the good work, Stupes! ❤

[@thearchivest]

i love the voices echoing after the fisherman its like all the other fisherman who have fell victim to the creatures before haunt the boat

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

100% honest this one at first bounced off of me. Wasn't a fan. But I kept listening to it and now it's one of my favorites. I'm glad I stuck with it. Thank you and everyone for their hard work on this

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

If anything, it's criminal that Stupendium didn't hit one million subscribers last year, and I don't think anybody deserves hitting that milestone more!

[@RockingSpaceDragon]

Oh, this was fantastic! I love the progression of the lyrics as things get more eldritch, and the chorus is fantastic - I'm especially a huge fan of the way the second chorus is preceded by the chorus of the fish with no music, just rain in the background, and leads right into the descent into the ending! Absolutely phenomenal work! And don't think i didn't notice all those fantastic fish puns, fantastic work as always!

[@tannerprice8430]

I just noticed that the newspaper wrapping up the fisherman’s lunch is the same one Harry Teller was selling in Neath! A Fallen London Musical! I adore that reference. I would love nothing more than for Stupes to make more Fallen London songs.

[@Luesatora]

Dan Bull's dredge song went all in on the madness and creep factor right from the start. This song starts of benign and eases into the insanity. Both are excellent in their own ways.

[@Jaden072]

Making it out the burmutia triangle with this one🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@Zacjxn2010]

this is the most amount of fish/sea puns I have ever heard in one song and I love it. super excited for the 1 million special!!

[@EPadraigM]

I really want those five creepy fishies to form a band (Also side note, the rhymes are obviously amazing, but I REALLY love the two choruses that come together in the end it is SUCH a good effect!!!)

[@Existingiscringe]

My headcanon for this is that stupes isn't playing the player but instead a different fisherman which the angler killed, then decided to mimic to lure in other ships, perhaps figuring out that they sometimes stop next to each other, or this is actually the fishmonger who decided to settle down after seeing what he had, which is also why we see him cutting things up on his boat, just like the fishmonger.

[@TheFoolish_Bear]

Him being the fishmonger Is a good Idea.

[@Existingiscringe]

@@TheFoolish_Bear Mhm, also explains why he cuts up so many mutated fish

[@Godlysound]

My girlfriend just got hooked on dredge yesterday after I showed it to her, and now I get to show her this. Thanks stupes! Amazing job, amazing lyricism and effort into the video as usual. Personally love when you throw a heavy accent into a whole performance too 😁

[@mr.cobalt1668]

What did she think?

[@Godlysound]

@@mr.cobalt1668 loved both the game and the song. She's always super jealous of how talented stupes is as well, because they can do so many things she admires ♥️

[@natashaperry5926]

The props are just incredible, that rotten fish model was insanely realistic. Good work lad!

[@tatarchan5212]

It's not only rotten fish. It's direct aberration fish from the game. Gnashing perch Scouring​ bass Three​ headed​ cod Enthralled​ stonefish Blood​ snapper And​ many eyed​ mackerel.

[@chrisjones5949]

I spent months after finishing Dredge and finding out about your work (roughly around the same time, curiously) hoping you'd do one, as you've demonstrated a fondness for indie games and horror, and it seemed ripe for a shanty. And of course, you delivered! There's a lot to like here. The puns are top-shelf, as usual; "can't keep track of real," "HP / Love, craft and skill," and "great with catchy hooks" are favorites of mine. The chorus of aberrant fish is a nice touch. The Night Angler at the end was well-done. I like that the freaking *subtitles* start warping more and more as the Fisherman loses his mind. Even the fourth wall isn't safe! And then there's the fact that as the song gets more downbeat and doomed, the backup vocals get louder and overlap more...which puts me in mind of a chanting cult.

[@the13thgoogler]

Didn't know about Dredge before I listened to this song but the moment I heard, HP, Love and Craft at the same sentence, I knew things are about to get wild.

[@luckyjrlj2375]

2:04 best line here. I got a big kick from that. Puns for days, and I'm always here for it!

[@TheNateNado]

"Their ebbs and flows obsidian in twisted pitch of night, Or are the depths below, abyssal, mirrored, in the skies" Best line in the god damn song, amd instant top 10 best lines in all of stups stuff, but that list is as consistent as the tide so we can only assume what the 1 mill song has in store

[@Zippsterman]

The angler meets the anglerfish. Great stuff as always

[@CageBlack1443]

Something I love about nerdcore music is that you don't even need to know what the game/show is to enjoy the song. I have never heard of Dredge and I like this.

[@bonegloveGG]

The plane from What A Fowl Day and the Eiffel Tower from Fiend Like Me are caught in this video. While this could easily be reusing props, I much prefer the idea that the goose threw the plane into a river that carried it to the ocean and the villain threw the shrunk Eiffel Tower into the ocean after their demands weren't meet.

[@LisaG-ji9vf]

This is one of the best songs I have ever heard on KZbin, I can't stop listening to it.

[@Allizack.]

I love how the last line of the chorus changes from “…have to hide deep in the brine?” To “…have to hide deep in your mind?” At the end! :^D You’re so smart Stupes aaa!1!1!1!

[@Spexx368]

“I’m great at net-working because my job’s on-line” are the 2 best fishing puns I’ve ever heard

[@galacticdestroyer2569]

The lyrics on this song are great representations of the passive dread the game instills in the player. Another great tune!

[@kaitogirldraws]

I didn't expect another song so soon! We're all elated, but please don't overwork yourself, Stupes ^^ Take care!

[@hudsonruff9208]

A detail I love is that all the items you catch in the net are props from previous videos. I saw the shrunken Eiffel Tower from Fiend Like Me, the spinning top from The Toybox, the stolen toy airplane from What a Fowl Day, and others I can't quite identify.

[@L-and-P]

OH GOD I DIDN’T EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT. THAT’S *GENIUS* IF IT’S RIGHT.

[@TheRadicalOneNG]

Every time Stupendium uploads something, I *NEVER* know what to expect, this is a one of a kind song here. Feels like you discover something new with every replay.

[@marcusmuchugia2261]

Two songs in the same month? You spoil us, Stupendium. Keep up the great work!

[@crystalvoorhees3573]

I literally JUST listened to Dan's dredge song today and saw your teaser in the end. Oh the irony and beautiful work as always Stupes! Even if you look SO different with a full beard 😂 Love it all 🧡🧡🧡

[@nateisjudging]

Randomly came across this on Spotify, and thought it was a banger. Never even heard of the game but this video still slaps

[@fishyninjja9103]

im here to thank Nick, the set builder, this is all amazing, the quality is impecable! to thank Stupendium for his impeccable performance, absolutely stupendous! DanBull for not only reusing the train set, making this absolutely enlightened lovecraftian lyrical masterpiece of such caliber a thing, but also for making his own sea shanty aswell! to the animators, i yearn for such abilities, but with my already low morale, i might aswell join the seabed... the audio designers, absolutely incredible! especially with how it sounds like it was actually come up in the spot alongside they lovely lyrics from the lyricist! i hope that nature gives you all the bounties deserved, and may your day be blessed with farture of figs and barley

[@VieKiing]

what an amazing song, awesome job Stupes!

[@hoxiipoxii56]

BABE WAKE UP, STUPENDIUM DROPPED A NEW BANGER

[@o__o.6212]

I can’t describe how much I love the way the lyrics play with the tempo in this, not to mention giving the whole song a weighty, sea-shanty feel.

[@Merlin1908]

While 'HP. Love, craft...' is amazing, I want to point out the subtle reference right before: The 'Missing baby found in spider's web' newspaper from Neath! is used to serve the fish and chips.

[@Hoarder_in_the_Borderlands]

Only a few seconds in and can tell this will be an absolute banger as always

[@MCFawful]

Tunnabeatz is literally the only person who could've produced this, great job on this one Stupendium! Can't wait to see what you release next!

[@Drknsl0]

I just caught the lines "some chips baked beans and a blob of HP" and "love, craft and skill let you dominate seas" are connected, even after catching the name pun on Lovecraft it took until now to catch that the letters "HP" ended the last line, I thought it was flipping the word 'and' to sound like the end of Lovecraftian before catching that, these type of lines are why I'm subscribed

[@jizburg]

The mugging for the camera at lines like "im great at catchy hooks" and "im great at networking and me jobs on line" is priceless and perfect ^^

[@j-mc2144]

Really love the aesthetic of the slurred delivery. Makes the song feel very fever dream. 3:00 Tunnel of Terror Willy Wonka vibes go hard here!

[@auzpayeur8229]

I just want to say that this video is what officially broke me and made me buy the game

[@corneliuscorner3433]

As always, the amount of effort put into the visuals is awesome! The set, props, and cg elements all look great, but i think my favourite touch was the lighting, it looks so good in second night time half.

[@crazyalabamaguy4970]

0:23 - Morning 0:50 - Afternoon 1:37 - Dusk 2:01 - Early Night 2:26 - Midnight 3:36 - Late Night

[@matanui232]

4:12 - Morning : )

[@ConcealedAxe]

The only thing I’ve heard of Dredge before this was the Dave the Diver collab and clearly I’m missing out. Great song as always, the amazing quality of every nook and cranny never fails to amaze. Good job!

[@WarlockJacque]

And once again The Stupendium delivers a magnificent piece of musical and lyrical craft, sure as the todes.

[@WarlockJacque]

I meant to write “as the tides”, but, sure, toads are pretty stable creatures too

[@nyx7694]

"No man, is an Island, but I'm glad to play the role" What you did there, I see it. God I love your lyrics. And the acting, to boot. I saw the wink ya did at the "catchy hooks"

[@peperkoekman]

Man, this fisherman really just went and read all of Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe adding everything within to his vocabulary without taking in any of the contents.

[@alexdahmane7025]

2:49 too I think its a ref to the scene in danbull's dredge song where he almost eats the same fish.or maybe this fish is in the game 😅

[@erinfinn2273]

It's an aberrant fish you can catch: the Many-Eyed Mackerel

[@maromania7]

I just keep repeating that last third, especially after that key change. Gives me wonderful chills!

[@Sorryimgay]

I always love how you change your logo to fit the song!! Sing along stupendium is my favourite logo change, this one’s a close second. I love your work so much, keep it up!