Established in 2019, Bad Dads have quickly become one of the flagship bands in the San Juan Islands.

In this interview, the trio — Justin Cox, Matt Helms, and Ryan Page — covers:

• Why Sacramento will always feel like home
• The making of their new album, “Sometimes I Just Say Things”
• The rarity of being a punk/folk/rock in a community that seems to prefer mellower vibes
• How the songwriting process varies between band members
• Their individual paths to arriving on Orcas
• Why they switch instruments throughout their live sets, and if that carries over onto albums

Catch the Bad Dads live on July 3 on Orcas’ Village Green, or over in San Juan Island the weekend of July 18, performing at the Lavender Festival.

On this Islander Interview, All We Have Is Now founders Theo Morningstar (vocals) and Jesse Orion (guitar/bass), discuss the origins of the group, along with

• The heavy music scene on Lopez despite its hippy reputation
• Why don’t Lopez bands record their music
• An album complied from their jam sessions at practice
• The band’s approach to its notable live performances
• The Lopez school music program that was started through their early partnership

Recorded in 2026.

Trinity Althoff is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and performer based on San Juan Island.

And she’s the focus of a new episode of Islander Interview.

In this episode, you’ll hear four original new studio recordings of Trinity’s solo material - which are still a work in progress - along with conversations around:

⛴️ What initially brought her to the San Juan Islands

😷How the pandemic altered the local music scene(s)

🫏Why the movie “Shrek” inspired her to become a singer

🎸Her songwriting process for both her solo material and her (ex) band, Mudbath!

💿Status updates on her upcoming debut solo album, “Burn for Pleasure,” and Mudbath!’s first LP, “Break in Case of Emergency”

🧘‍♀️What’s prompted her to take an upcoming break from public performances

🌊Why the future might include hopping in an Astrovan and touring down the coast