Medical Definition: Phantom vision is a condition that occurs in the blind or nearly blind, and causes the afflicted to see hallucinatory images.
Instinct is a solid goth rock album that hearkens back to the Sisters' psychedelic era combined with modern electronic trimmings. Phantom Vision (formerly Electric Wet Dreams) is based in Lisbon, Portugal. As their name implies, the band creates a sound that falls somewhere between a lucid dream and a hallucinatory voyage. Upbeat drums, trippy guitar work, solid bass and deep somber vocals combine with strategically placed synth elements to create a surprisingly varied tableau. Each new song washes over you like another psychedelic wave, crashing over your nerve endings.
prim8 pick: Best goth rock album I've heard this year.