Ball Park Music have taken on Imogen Heap’s ‘Hide and Seek’ for their fifth Like A Version. And it goes without saying, they’ve pulled it off.
Stripping away the vocoder-heavy isolation of the original, the Brisbane five-piece stretch the song into something warmer. Sam Cromack’s vocals carry the same broken, half-whispered tone Heap built the song on. Here though, they’re wrapped in gentle guitars, brushed percussion, and the kind of slow-build intensity the band has long made their signature.
They don’t reinvent the track at all, they let it breathe. But where Heap’s version felt like it came from the void, Ball Park Music’s cover feels more human. More present. The band leans into restraint, never overcrowding it, giving every line space to land.
It’s a smart pick for the band too. ‘Hide and Seek’ was never a hit in the traditional sense, but it’s one of those songs that stuck—fragile, influential, and hard to touch without breaking. Ball Park walk the line perfectly. Whilst in the studio the band also performed the second single from their new album, ‘Please Don’t Move to Melbourne’.
The timing’s no accident either. Their eighth album, Like Love, drops today. A fitting name, really, for a band that’s made a career of tugging at that in-between feeling. It’s hopeful, nostalgic, and a bit bruised around the edges. Early singles pointed to more introspective terrain, and if this Like A Version is anything to go by, we’re in for something dialled-in and deeply felt.
They’ll take the record on the road through May and June, hitting most capital cities and a few regional spots across Australia and New Zealand.
Ball Park Music have never felt like a band chasing moments but they’ve quietly built one hell of a run. And on Like A Version, they remind us they can still surprise you.
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