Calvin Harris is raring and "Ready For The Weekend"

The Scottish electronic muso's second album, "Ready For The Weekend" is an electro pop master class that has all the hallmarks of another huge record. Remixes on the single are courtesy of Fake Blood & Dave Spoon, with the amazing High Contrast completing the package in fine style.

Says Calvin, "Ready For The Weekend" is a good example of pop song meets piano house record, it's my favourite thing I've done so far."

Calvin has come a long way since his trademark sound took over the charts in 2007. Now a sought after producer, international DJ and bonafide star, Calvin has picked up awards, collaborated with everyone from Kylie Minogue to Example, clocked up record sales well in excess of a million copies and sold out tours across the UK. Now he brings us the soundtrack to the summer 2009.

The first taster of the updated Calvin Harris sound was the single "I'm Not Alone", which went straight into the UK charts at Number 1 and is shaping up to be one of the biggest singles of the year. Harris calls it "a big stadium dance tune, somewhere between Snow Patrol, Faithless and Grandaddy".

A more straightforwardly upbeat track, and next single on the new album, is "Ready For The Weekend", featuring the formidable lungs of Mary Pearce (prolific backing singer for the likes of Beverly Knight, Lionel Richie and Chaka Khan), handbag house piano riffs, and the girl-friendly chorus "I put on my shoes and I'm ready for the weekend."

Other key moments on the album include "Relax" (an acoustic guitar based track which has a similarly mixed mood to "I'm Not Alone"), and "Worst Day", (something of a N.E.R.D/Outkast sound, Calvin's vocals sharing time with rapper Izza Kizza from Timbaland's Mosley Music stable). All of which is guaranteed to mess with many people's expectations of a Calvin Harris record.

"Ready For The Weekend" is out now.

Check out the awesome video for "Ready For The Weekend" here