There is good news for fans of the Boston band the Push Stars:- Chris Trapper said the band ‘‘has never really gone out of my blood.’’

Trapper, of Westwood, will lead a Push Stars show at the Paradise Lounge in Boston on New Year’s Eve. Be warned, though, this gig is not a reunion.

‘‘The band never really ended,’’ Trapper said. ‘‘Our goal was always to do Push Stars shows as long as we all enjoyed it. We did cut back on our gigs, but now we’ve been doing more and more specific gigs, for fun.’’

Trapper said a hits package will be released next fall under the tentative name ‘‘Greatest Misses.’’ A national tour is also planned.

‘‘We just decided a while ago not to do the rat race thing-. We’ve played all those tours where you do all kinds of free shows, in-store appearances, radio stations, corporate board rooms, kissing babies and such, all trying to sell the name Push Stars. We’ve stopped doing that.’’

Since their last record, 2004’s ‘‘Paint the Town,’’ the trio has scattered around the country. Collectively, though, the Push Stars will have a song on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Robin Williams movie, ‘‘August Rush.’’

Individually, drummer Ryan MacMillan is working in Los Angeles as a session musician, and has started a musical instrument rental company. Bassist Dan McLoughlin bought property in Hoboken, N.J., and turned the top floor into a recording studio. He produces albums. Trapper has devoted most of his time to his solo career, playing a long line of club and coffeehouse dates. He released his latest solo effort, ‘‘Hey You,’’ on Oct. 10. (It’s available at christrapper.com, iTunes and CDbaby.com.) Trapper also penned the theme song for a WB network comedy, ‘‘Pepper Dennis,’’ and even made a cameo appearance - as himself - in the series.

Trapper called his new album a ‘‘return to the pop-rock stuff.’’

‘‘This new CD has seven or eight pop tunes, but also one with a seven-piece Latin band, and one with Great Big Sea, a Celtic-type band from Newfoundland,’’ Trapper said. ‘‘The overall concept is me basking in the freedom of doing what I want to do. But the final result is about half Push Stars-type rock, and half what I’d be doing solo.’’

Trapper’s new CD has a neat balance of his darker side and the vibrancy of the Push Stars.

Fan Support

Trapper is quick to credit the Push Stars fans for the band’s success.

‘‘One of the nicest things about our run, the Push Stars, is that we built up true fans,’’ Trapper said. ‘‘We were never building ourselves up with hype or record company money, no smokescreen. The fans we won over have a genuine love for this music. We can play Omaha and there will be people who show up, which still amazes me.’’

Don’t expect Trapper or the band to worry too much about record labels.

‘‘We have definitely had labels sniffing around lately,’’ Trapper said. ‘‘But the first question we ask is, ‘What can you do for us, we can’t do for ourselves?’ If we’re going to give up half the profit from a record, why are we doing that? This is a good time to be an independent musician; you can tour less but still sell your work online or through myspace.com. Downloads are the big thing, but I think the experience of buying a solid CD will make a comeback, yet it is a very different world for record companies and musicians.’’

Trapper said he’s played a variety of venues as a solo artist with just his guitar.

‘‘I mainly play more sit-down rooms now, more listening rooms for singer-songwriter types,’’ he said.

‘‘It’s definitely different, and fun, with a band. You have that sense of reckless fun and energy with a band, while playing solo is more about the lyrics - I like to focus more on the words and people want to hear every word more at a solo show.’’

But Trapper said he likes the ‘‘vibe and energy’’ of the live band shows and is looking forward to the New Year’s Eve show.

‘‘We can’t wait to plug it in and turn it up.’’