Subway Rat - Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors

Born David Polanco on November 19, 1993, Subway Rat is an underground, genre-bending, retro-inspired, alt-rock indie pop singer-songwriter from the borough of Queens, New York City.

During a prolonged breakup with his college sweetheart, and several months before a life changing, and saving, autism lvl 1 diagnosis, he wrote his first ever song, Rendezvous.

With no musical experience, apart from 7th grade trumpet and 8 years of step and hip hop dancing, Polanco has now written dozens of songs in collaboration with indie rock guitarist and producer Paco Lee (whose beats he randomly found on YouTube), alongside multi-platinum, Grammy-winning engineers at Lounge Studios in Times Square.

Fans and critics alike describe his unique rasp, emotive delivery, romantic storytelling, and edgy dance flow as an exciting, unique blend of other NYC artists, like The Strokes, Ramones, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, and his favorite, 50 Cent, combined with Jersey storytellers from across the river, such as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Bleachers, The Lumineers, and others.

Sprinkle in his dad’s 80’s new wave influences growing up, like The Police and A Flock Of Seagulls, plus an extensive collection of The Beatles and post-punk era Iggy Pop, David Bowie, R.E.M. and The Smiths records, all modernized into early/mid-00’s-era pop, rock, and hip hop bangers, and you finally get the notoriously infamous, Subway Rat.