More recently, Pest Control became the first band to drop out of Download last summer over its links with Barclays and the bank’s ties with Israeli companies (Scowl, Speed, ...

Growing up, Pest Control singer Leah Massey-Hay didn’t have any one particular music scene to pin her colours to. She liked all different sorts of music, but she didn’t have a venue or band ...

Before Pest Control, everyone in the band had a years-long hardcore habit. Leah remembers being 16 and becoming a regular at show in Leeds venue Boom, where “I would go to any show that was on ...