I’m sure you all remember the Liberty Mutual commercial below.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwoexR1evo]

Recently, I saw what appears to be the next in the series which had another alluring tune behind it.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw97CfZtyGw]

In both cases, the band behind the song is Hem. When the first Liberty Mutual commercial came out, I was hooked. The song is “Half Acre” off of their “Rabbit Songs” album. I bought it 188 songs ago and I’m still drawn to it in quiet moments. I originally gushed about the song in a post from June 20th, 2006.

Now Liberty Mutual uses a song from their album “Home Again, Home Again”. The song is “The Part Where You Let Go”. I’m not as enamored of it as I was over “Half Acre” but it has proved relevant on more than one occasion in my life so far. I think it’s a decent choice for the commercial but maybe Liberty Mutual should consider branching out into other artists. It just seems a bit somber for what their point is about being responsible. I get enough somber notions just from the daily news.