I found that S-04 starts and finishes fast. ...but I get a ‘twang’ with it which I attribute to the English strains that I’m not really into.
The "twang" that I get from S-04 isn't so much the ester profile I look for from English yeast strains, but a yeasty/bready/doughy flavor that I'm not a fan of in my paler English beers. I'll use it in stouts and porters, but not in milds and bitters.
The only dry yeast that I've gotten an enjoyable English ester character from is Windsor, which I co-pitch with Notty for attenuation. I do plan on trying the new Lallemand New England strain in a bitter soon, though.