Artist: Carla J Easton
Title: Let's Make Plans for the Weekend
Format: digital single
Cat#: Fika119SG3
Release date: 22nd April 2026
A split release with Ernest Jenning Recording Co.
With new album - and first guitar-forward record in her catalogue - I Think That I Might Love you due for release on 8 May, Carla J Easton is releasing the third taste of the album on 22 April. After the riffs and rushes of "Oh Yeah" and "Really, Really, Really, Really Sad", Carla is returning to her pop roots on the stunning dancefloor-ready "Let's Make Plans for the Weekend".
“Let’s Make Plans For The Weekend” is three minutes of disco-infused, classic pop euphoria. Built on a deep bass groove, shimmering synths and Chic-inspired guitars, it sits somewhere between the glossy bite of "Chewing Gum"-era Annie and the brat energy of countless 90s pop princesses.
Featuring guest vocals from MALKA (Hen Hoose), the track snaps to the beat with playful precision - all butterfly clips, glitter gel and playground mythology - capturing the kind of magnetic, larger-than-life energy you wanted to be part of. It’s a frosted lipstick kiss with smeared mascara: lights flashing, hands in the air, sticky floors, and the promise of escape when Friday finally hits.
Tongue firmly in cheek and glasses raised high, it’s a celebration of late nights, friendship, and the weekly ritual of letting go.
Carla says: “I love this song so much. I knew the album was leaning more guitar indie-pop, but I couldn’t not include this. Me and my friend Pedro Cameron (Man of the Minch) wrote and demoed it in two hours, we’re both massive fans of Kylie Minogue and Girls Aloud. We wanted to write something that celebrates friendship, dancing, and that feeling you chase every weekend after a hard week.”
Written and recorded together, the pair layered shimmering synths and added a burst of synth brass for a soaring, hands-in-the-air finale. As Carla puts it, “it’s the token synth-pop banger on the album, the guilty pleasure, the one that gets you dragging your friend onto the dancefloor.”
"Let's Make Plans for the Weekend" and I Think That I Might Love You are both produced by Howard Bilerman (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wolf Parade, U.S. Girls, The Weather Station). The album was made with support from Creative Scotland.
Praise for Carla J Easton:
"Shimmering jangle-pop" - We All Want Someone to Shout For
"With the velocity of a Buddy Holly classic...it jangles and jitters dextrously" - The List
"Axe in hand or not, her joyous pop instincts remain — and this one will burrow into your head." - SNACK Magazine
Airplay on Marc Riley, Amy Lamé (BBC 6 Music), The Arts Mix and Roddy Hart's Mix Tape (BBC Radio Scotland)