beareab

The Longtooth Collective was a spontaneous rupture in the Bay Area underground. Made up of Jon Howell (guitar), Dan Sneddon (drums) and Matt O’Brien (bass), also joined by vocalists Paul Isham, Harvey Rañola, and Gabriel Long.

Recorded in 2008 and shelved for over a decade, it isn’t a comeback but a transmission of jagged time signatures, broken narratives, and the slow collapse of identity under grinding sludge riffs.

Howell’s angular phrasing carves out space, O’Brien’s low end bulldozes through the mix, and Sneddon’s drumming is always searching. Each song becomes an unrepeatable battleground of intention. Members would go on to form projects like: Kowloon Walled City, Tigon, Early Graves, Less Art, Ex Everything, and beareab.

Release date: April 4, 2008

• Guitar: Jon Howell
• Drums: Dan Sneddon
• Bass: Matt O’Brien
• Vocals: Paul Isham, Harvey Rañola, Gabriel Long