A medical electrical lead for spinal cord stimulation, comprising: a first lead body that includes a first plurality of conductors isolated from one another and a first column of electrodes (AE1-AE8, 41-44), each electrode of the first column being coupled to a corresponding conductor of the first plurality of conductors and including an electrode surface; a second lead body that includes a second plurality of conductors isolated from one another and a second column of electrodes (BE1-BE8, 41-44), each electrode of the second column being coupled to a corresponding conductor of the second plurality of conductors and including an electrode surface; and an insulative distal portion in which the first and second lead bodies extend, and to which the first and second columns of electrodes are coupled, the insulative distal portion including a first surface extending between an inner edge of each electrode surface of the first column and an inner edge of each electrode surface of the second column; characterized in that: each electrode of the first column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the first lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the first lead body, to an outer edge thereof; each electrode of the second column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the second lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the second lead body, to an outer edge thereof; and each planar electrode surface of the first and second columns is exposed along a first side of the distal portion, and each planar electrode surface of the first column is angled toward each planar electrode surface of the second column such that a plane extending along the first column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the first column intersects a plane extending along the second column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the second column. a first lead body that includes a first plurality of conductors isolated from one another and a first column of electrodes (AE1-AE8, 41-44), each electrode of the first column being coupled to a corresponding conductor of the first plurality of conductors and including an electrode surface; a second lead body that includes a second plurality of conductors isolated from one another and a second column of electrodes (BE1-BE8, 41-44), each electrode of the second column being coupled to a corresponding conductor of the second plurality of conductors and including an electrode surface; and an insulative distal portion in which the first and second lead bodies extend, and to which the first and second columns of electrodes are coupled, the insulative distal portion including a first surface extending between an inner edge of each electrode surface of the first column and an inner edge of each electrode surface of the second column; characterized in that: each electrode of the first column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the first lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the first lead body, to an outer edge thereof; each electrode of the second column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the second lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the second lead body, to an outer edge thereof; and each planar electrode surface of the first and second columns is exposed along a first side of the distal portion, and each planar electrode surface of the first column is angled toward each planar electrode surface of the second column such that a plane extending along the first column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the first column intersects a plane extending along the second column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the second column. each electrode of the first column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the first lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the first lead body, to an outer edge thereof; each electrode of the second column extends in a cantilever fashion, laterally away from the second lead body, and each electrode surface thereof is planar and extends from the inner edge thereof, laterally away from the second lead body, to an outer edge thereof; and each planar electrode surface of the first and second columns is exposed along a first side of the distal portion, and each planar electrode surface of the first column is angled toward each planar electrode surface of the second column such that a plane extending along the first column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the first column intersects a plane extending along the second column and orthogonally out from the electrode surfaces of the second column.