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You may want to offer a settlement payment to break your lease. The LL may lose rent while the unit is vacant after you leave and he is entitled to get the unpaid rent from you because you broke the lease. Typically, a court awards lost rents plus the cost of turning over the unit (cleaning, advertising, etc.). I would talk to the LL and offer a lease-break payment 2 months rent plus a flat sum for cleaning and advertising. Then pay that amount at the same time you pay your last month's rent and give the LL 30 days notice that you are leaving. The LL may agree to send you a pro-rated refund if he is able to re-lease the unit before the 2 months paid is up. That way, you have made the LL as whole as a court would, and you both avoid going to court and having the black mark on your credit -- plus you don't have to come back to show up in court. Sounds like a win-win solution to me.
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