''Noon'' is an

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

by New Zealand band

Drax Project Drax Project are a New Zealand pop and R&B band that formed in Te Aro, Wellington in 2014. Recording a mix of jazz, R&B and pop music, the band came to prominence in 2017 with the single "Woke Up Late", which was certified triple platinum by RI ...

, released in June 2018. The EP was released after their single " Woke Up Late" (2017) became a hit in New Zealand, and during the band's tour of Europe with

Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl gro ...

, on her Never Be the Same Tour.

Production

''Noon'' is a collection of songs from the band's back-catalogue. Originally the band planned to release a studio album, but due to the success of the song " Woke Up Late", Drax Project quickly recorded and compiled ''Noon''. The band decided to release ''Noon'' only a few weeks before leaving for Europe, to perform as an opening act on

's Never Be the Same Tour. The songs on the

were written around a common theme of new beginnings. The EP's title came from a lyric in the lead single " Woke Up Late" ("awake 'til dawn, slept 'til noon").

Release and promotion

"Woke Up Late" was the first song released from the EP, in November 2017, which became a hit in New Zealand in March 2018. " Toto" was released as the EP's second single in August 2018. The band released ''Noon'' while touring Europe with

, on her Never Be the Same Tour.

Critical reception

At the 2018 New Zealand Music Awards, Drax Project were nominated for the

Aotearoa Music Award for Best Group Best Group () is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand groups that have released an outstanding album in the previous year. For the purposes of the award, a group consists of two or more people. The award winner is determined by the Voti ...

due to the release of ''Noon''. Drax project won single of the year at the 2018 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards for "woke up late", the first single in the EP.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *Devin Abrams – producer (1–2, 4–5), songwriter (1–5) *Matt Beachen – drums, songwriter *Marlon Gerbes – songwriter (5) *Simon Gooding – engineer *Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer *Kyle Kelso – producer (3) *Ben O'Leary – bass guitar, songwriter *Sam Thomson – bass (vocal), songwriter *Shaan Singh – vocals, songwriting *Matiu Walters – songwriting (5)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drax Project 2018 EPs Drax Project albums Universal Music Group EPs