Grism is an entity developed when Zachary Lint kept writing rock songs that didn’t seem to fit into the world of his alter-ego Coolzey. Iowa City friends and Public School Records label-mates Rachel Feldmann and Kate Kane from Lipstick Homicide and Grace Locke-Ward from Petit Mal joined forces with our protagonist to breath life into a debut venture: Social Obligations. If the umbrella of Coolzey is much wider, covering ground from true-school hip hop, 4-track indie rock and blues, alt-country and pop that ranges in style from Beck to Kanye West, Social Obligations provides a sharper focal point musically, dwelling in a decidedly straightforward rock and roll that could only have existed between 1990 and the present, inhabiting areas between Superchunk and Nirvana, between Built to Spill and Bikini Kill. Over the past two years the album was recorded at Flat Black Studios in Iowa City and mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago, and amazing Bay Area artist Jennifer Hennesy finished the artwork at the close of 2011 to complete the product. Grism toured America in the summer of 2011 and this winter has recently released two video singles from the album (in the right column). Both videos were shot by Geoff Boothby and edited by Jason Hennesy. The video for Number One was staged inside the legendary Iowa City Mill and features a cast of locals who showed up for free hot wings and beer. The split video takes place insides Zach’s current remodel project in southeastern Iowa. Zach is currently working on two new Coolzey projects, writing screenplays, and remodeling a house in southeastern Iowa. Rachel and Kate have been enjoying a current growth of interest through much touring with Lipstick Homicide and a spot on the new compilation from pop-punk icon Lookout Records “The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore”, and Grace was hired to be the drumming “Ly” for pop sensations Leslie and the Lys and continues to create handmade apparel and cat toys for her crafting entities Too Bad Mice and Skirt. Grism is currently writing their follow-up album.