▁and ▁' In ▁the ▁Back ▁of ▁My ▁Mind ', ▁Wilson ' s ▁dream ▁lo vers ▁were ▁suddenly ▁no ▁longer ▁simple ▁happy ▁sou ls ▁harm on izing ▁their ▁sun - k iss ed ▁innoc ence ▁and ▁dying ▁dev otion ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁over ▁a ▁h oney - co ated ▁back drop ▁of ▁sur f ▁and ▁sand . ▁Instead , ▁they ' d ▁become ▁highly ▁vulner able , ▁slightly ▁ne uro t ic ▁and ▁r idd led ▁with ▁telling ▁inse cur ities ." ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁and ▁arr anging ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Wilson ▁works ▁out ▁" about ▁a ▁third " ▁of ▁the ▁finished ▁arrangement ▁of ▁a ▁song ▁as ▁he ' s ▁writing ▁it , ▁leaving ▁the ▁rest ▁to ▁studio ▁experiment ation . ▁As ▁he ▁writes ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 : ▁" M aking ▁an ▁instrument al ▁track ▁is ▁a ▁whole ▁experience . ▁It ▁starts ▁after ▁you ▁have ▁written ▁a ▁song . ▁As ▁I ▁write ▁a ▁song , ▁I ▁write ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁instrument al ▁piano ▁and ▁pl uck ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁different ▁notes ▁for ▁the ▁arrangement . ▁It ' s ▁impossible ▁to ▁lay ▁the ▁whole ▁arrangement ▁on ▁the ▁piano ▁but ▁you ▁play ▁just ▁enough ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁overall ▁feel in ' ▁of ▁the ▁record . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁art ▁in ▁itself . ▁I ▁always ▁get ▁that ▁bigger ▁picture ▁of ▁my ▁records ▁at ▁my ▁piano ▁before ▁I ▁record ▁them . ▁I ▁go ▁in ▁there ▁prepared ." ▁From ▁the ▁very ▁beginning , ▁Wilson ▁handled ▁most ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁group ' s ▁recording ▁process , ▁despite