Album: 5.0: (king) Ichabod
Artist: Leave Nelson B
Released: July 25, 2025; Lonely Ghost Records
I was first introduced to Leave Nelson B via his collaboration on the album “Nelson Comes To Visit”. If you were fallowing the blog at the end of last year, you know that I am a huge fan of that particular album. When I learned that Leave Nelson B was dropping a new album I was very keen to give it a listen. My reasoning was two fold: First, I couldn’t imagine a world where this new album wasn’t good. Second, I kind of wanted to see what Leave Nelson B is like outside of a Superdestroyer collaboration. I know what you are thinking, Leave Nelson B has a pretty well established discography of something like 6 albums, you could have been listening to those this entire time. I won’t confirm nor deny if I have listened to his other stuff because that really ruins the bit I have chosen to lean into for this intro.
The album starts off with the track “Take Off Day (The Merrier ‘Milk Drinker’)”. It’s a one minute bop. The vocals are smooth and the cheering that accompanies the track kind of makes you feel like you are watching a stage show. It’s a great addition to the song. The track as a whole is literally something you can set to infinitely repeat and easily get lost in for hours. It’s that mesmerizing.
I also want to give a shout out to Abskull who is the featured vocalist on “Antipode Ego”. The rapping that Abskull provides really helps break up the album which, up until this track, has been more about crafting vibes rather than focusing on delivering a ‘traditional’ vocal performance. You get a little taste just enough to want more, then we are off to the next track. It’s enticing.
The rest of the album pretty much matches the first track’s game. The songs are short and sweet. I know I have said this before of stuff that Leave Nelson B has worked on, but god damn the atmosphere that his music crafts is uncanny. I really can’t gush over this fact enough. This is straight up put it on and just vibe music. It is something I never really thought I needed in my life but recently I have just really come to respect and enjoy it.
“5.0: (king) Ichabod” is a must listen to for Electronica fans but really anyone if you ask me. It’s 12 minutes of absolute vibes and atmosphere. If you ever just need to lock in and get some low intensity stuff done this is the album to put on. Lo-fi beats to study to- more like Leave Nelson B to study to.
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