On August 6, 2017 the band released a digital single entitled "Conversion" in conjunction with Bandcamp's day of action for Trans Rights, the song sung by Transgendered singer Ashley Altadonna of the Glacial Speed consists of lyrical matter directly related to the controversial Conversion Therapy, a pseudo-scientific practice that tries to change an individual's sexual orientation using psychological or spiritual interventions. This song was later issued on bandcamp as part of a digital ep entitled B-Sides digital compilation "Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track"  along with a Death cover.  2018 and 2019 brought the next set of Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends releases, a series of split singles entitled "Protons and Electrons"  "The "Protons and Electrons" series is a series of twelve split singles, digital and on seven-inch, where the b-side is a band that's important to the story of Secret Friends. The reason for the name is protons and electrons and neutrons make the atom. We recorded all of our sides all at once, literally the day after our current President was elected, which was a pretty surreal time to be ... well, to be doing much of anything, like drawing breath, but especially to be making music. As with the others, it was produced by Toshi Kasai at Sound of Sirens. Spring of 2018 brought the first "Protons and Electrons" tour covering the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest to no press with a series of announcement videos on Instagram and Facebook whose style was reminiscent of David Lynch and classic infomercials.  2019 brought additional national touring in the East Coast, mid-west and West Coast regions and more releases of these singles, including an addition on bandcamp "New and Notable" for the song Jilted dragon, followed by a video A longer run of dates, including New York City, SE Canada, west coast, mid-west and select areas of the south accompanied the release of the Protons and Electrons 2 X LP/2 X CD compilation of the singles.. The compilation was largely well received one review stating:  "The big point here is that each of these Neutronian tracks are singular events, tirades of sharply cut and intentionally faceted perspective each attempting to see light by way of precarious manipulated shadows, the full listen is inspired and ‘lost’ in its own head to great effect. "  The band started off 2020 with scheduled touring, including the No Coast 2020 fest in Arlington, TX and others, but the tour was cut short due to Covid-19 global pandemic. .